Launching Fall 2026: The Laurier Microsoft Developers Community. We are hiring our core executive team, running a LinkedIn Premium raffle, and open to all majors.
Hey Golden Hawks,
Laurier now has its own Microsoft community, and it is built for students who want to graduate with skills that actually mean something in the workforce.
The Laurier Microsoft Developers Community is a student-run club focused on giving you real hands-on experience with Microsoft technologies outside of the classroom. Through workshops, collaborative projects, hackathons, and tech talks, we are covering tools like Azure, GitHub, cloud development, and applied AI. As we grow, we are planning to expand into areas like Power BI and Excel, tools that are just as relevant in business, finance, and marketing as they are in tech.
The whole point of this club is to give you experience you can actually put on your LinkedIn and resume and back it up in a co-op or post-grad interview. Microsoft tools are used across virtually every industry right now, including tech, consulting, finance, marketing, and operations. Students who know how to work with them have a real edge when internship and job applications come around, and that is exactly what we are here to help build.
Beyond the skills side, we are planning game nights, networking events, guest speakers from across the industry, and hackathons. We want this to be the kind of environment where you are genuinely learning and growing, but also actually enjoying the process alongside people who are just as motivated as you are.
Executive Applications Are Officially Open
Whether you want to get hands-on with Microsoft technologies as a general member or step into a leadership role and help build this community from the ground up, our application form covers both. We want students from every program and every year to apply.
Executive roles available right now include:
- Developer Lead
- Cloud and Azure Lead
- Business Tech Lead (Perfect for BBA/Economics majors)
- Marketing Lead
- Graphic Designer
- Content Creator
- Event Coordinator
If none of those fit what you have in mind but you still want to be on the leadership team, you can pitch your own custom role directly on the form.
Free LinkedIn Premium Raffle
To celebrate the launch, we are running a raffle for everyone who applies or signs up. A few randomly selected students who joins our community will get 2 months of LinkedIn Premium completely free to help with your job hunt.
Apply for Exec Roles & Join our Discord via our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/LaurierMicrosoftDevsCommunity
Free Hands-On Student Tools to Use Right Now
As part of setting up the foundation for the club and unlocking official workshop assets for our future members, I am working through the Microsoft Student Ambassador program this summer. Part of my milestones involves sharing free, legitimate student utilities.
If you want to get a head start on building your resume skills before the club launches, you can log in with your Laurier student credentials to claim and interact with these four free platform resources:
- $100 Free Cloud Credits: If you need backend hosting, virtual machines, or database deployment for a summer project, you can log in with your school account to claim $100 in credits with no credit card required:https://azure.microsoft.com/free/students?wt.mc_id=studentamb_502538
- A Full Enterprise Sandbox Environment: If you want to practice data tracking or work with enterprise APIs, the Microsoft 365 Developer Program gives you a free, renewable developer environment packed with pre-configured dummy data to test out:https://developer.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/dev-program?wt.mc_id=studentamb_502538
- Free Micro-Credentials: If you want to add a quick certification badge to your LinkedIn over the break, you can log into the Copilot Learning Path. It takes under an hour and gives you a verifiable credential showing you know how to handle generative AI chat tools:https://learn.microsoft.com/copilot?wt.mc_id=studentamb_502538
- Global Tech Live Streams: You can log in to check out the upcoming schedule of free, interactive developer workshops and student hackathons to learn straight from industry engineers:https://events.microsoft.com?wt.mc_id=studentamb_502538
Logging into these portals and testing them out directly supports our milestone tracking so we can officially pass the Students' Union (WLUSU) ratification window this summer.
Leave a comment if you have any questions! Thank you very much for any support you can provide!