Event offer | Microsoft Ignite: Ignite Edition Challenge done but not able to request free voucher - request for one

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 December 12th Update

While many of you have already received your vouchers, we are had an overwhelming number of requests and we are still revewing eligibilty.  Thanks for your patience.

You won't get answers in this forum as they do not have visibility, you need to ask on the Fabric community https://aka.ms/IamReady/DP600Forum 

Hi Julian,
first, many thanks for your reply. It has been really kind and It has been good for me to open the issue also in the link you provided :).
About your question, I did all the steps like 1 month ago except

- asking for the voucher (I thought it did not have any sense to ask a voucher when I had not completed the lessons)

- completing the lessons.

Several days after writing the initial rules(Rules_link mentioned in my previous emails), it was said in that link:

 November 27th Update

I recieved permission to give 3,000 extra vouchers -- so we still have many available. 

The ignite challenge, the one that gives the possibility to obtain this free voucher, was (and it is currenty algo) yet opened. Then I did it and I went to ask my free voucher in the link you mentioned (more where there was extra vouchers announced) in previous message and I found it was expired. Why the link to ask the reward for a challenge is going to be closed/expired when the challenge is still opened? That is why I would like to ask, more as

1) I finished the challenge long before the expiration date of the challenge

2) I also finished another challenge of Fabric months ago

3) There are still vouchers (no message in metioned Rules_link saying the opposite)

, if I coulf have the honor to have an opportunity to obtain the free voucher. Many thanks in advance and sorry for the inconveniences.

If you did not submit the form before December 10th then you won't get a voucher. This is clearly stated in the rules.

Anyway, if you need to ask further you need to do this on the Fabric forum https://aka.ms/IamReady/DP600Forum as no one here has any visibility of the voucher situation or can issue one

The things change as the number of extra vouchers changed, it is just a question of desiring it.

Saying there are extra vouchers and not amplifying the deadline to request, extrange. Being able to ask the free voucher without having finished the courses, extrange also. Not giving someone the reward of a challenge when it is finished, extrange again. In a hypothetical case of someone that did the request for example the 27th Novemeber but finished the course tomorrow 17th for example, and not giving the voucher to someone that finished the challenge before, also extrange. I guess a comapny with the prestige , elegance and generosity of Microsoft will not allow all these "extrange" issues happen at the same time, my opinion, but let's see what happens at the end in the post I already opened in the link you provided 2 and 1 message ago.

Thanks for the information and your help, Really appreciated :).

The rules are clear, you must complete the modules in the challenge before completing the form to request the voucher. If you submitted the form before the modules were completed that request would be rejected.

However, I do understand that this has been very popular and not everyone who requested a voucher will get one, so they are taking time to check that people have followed the rules and met the requirements.

Let's see if, after completing all these checks, I could obtain a free voucher as I completed the modules just 3 days after the expiration date of the request, and inside the limits of the real entity, the challenge.
By the way, in my humble opinion another quite "extrange"/"peculiar" to ask to complete a form in an extra link instead of giving the free vouchers directly when the challenges are finished (I guess times of completion of the courses are recorded and then vouchers could be given following those completion times).
Anyway, many thanks for all your answers and your help :).

There was also the requirement to create a user on the Fabric community, so a form was needed to verify that Learn modules were completed and that had joined the Fabric community as Learn and Fabric community are not linked

If you didn't complete the modules until after the expiry date for the request, I assume that you submitted the form before that date and before completing the challenge.

As it says on the challenge page "Do not submit your request form before completing the challenge your or request will be denied."

Hi Jaime,

Thank you for contacting the Microsoft Community.

Your dedication in completing the Microsoft Ignite Challenge for DP-600 is truly commendable. I understand how important it is for you to receive a voucher from it, which you can use for your exam. Allow me to provide you with the necessary information to address your concern.

Thanks @Julian for your insights.

Since you're referring to the Microsoft Ignite Challenge, particular to the DP-600 challenge, although the offer has already ended, there is a new update stating that they have the "I am Ready 50% offer" for eligible participants to those who have submitted their request form for the original offer anytime between November 19, 2024, and December 10, 2024, and received a private message in their Fabric Community account stating that you were not eligible for the original offer but are now eligible for this one, you can proceed with this offer.

Moreover, for more information regarding the new update and to check your eligibility for the voucher, you can reach out to fabric-ready ready@microsoft.com as they are the specialized support team to handle issues related to the challenge. You can be confident that they will provide quality assistance until all is resolved.

In addition to that, once you have received the voucher, you're required to register and take the DP-600 exam before its expiration date which is on December 31, 2024.

For more information, you can find additional details through Limited-Time Free Certification Offer | Terms and ... - Microsoft Fabric Community and Campaign form.

Let me know if you have further clarifications and I'll gladly assist.

I look forward to your response. Please note that if no response is received after two business days, the case will be closed and locked. After the case is locked, we will no longer be able to respond, even through private message. Thank you.

Kind regards,

Hi Isa_G17, how are you?
First of all, many thanks for your answer :).

A couple of things I would like to clarify:
1) I guess Julian is a mistake and you meant Jaime, my name.

2) Let's see if I understood your previous message. I have understood from your message that for those who has submitted the request before 11th December (not later than 10th December) in Get certified in Microsoft Fabric—for free link and althought

- Information_1: it was informed there were 3000 extra vouchers
- Information_2: In the moment there should not be more vouchers, it was informed in mentioned link. -

- Consequence: there should be yet avalaible (no update saying the opposite was published as it was informed in the same link)

you are informing me that, althought Information_2 has not been done (no update in official post), there are no more "free vouchers" and Microsoft is giving "50% discount" vouchers instead of "free vouchers". This means that a person who did all the requirements instead of not paying the $165 USD of cost of the exam, would pay $82.5 USD, so it would be loosing $82.5 USD from what was promised in the initial conditions.

Is this right? Could you please confirm or tell me if there is something wrong in any of the previous 2 points?
Sorry for the inconveniences nd many thanks in advance for your reply :).