Announcing the winners of The Microsoft Fabric FabCon Global Hack
Microsoft Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon: Winners Driving AI Innovation
The Microsoft Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon brought together developers and data professionals worldwide to build AI-powered solutions using Microsoft Fabric, the unified data and analytics platform for the era of Artificial Intelligence.
Why This Matters
Data is the backbone of AI innovation. By leveraging Microsoft Fabric’s unified architecture, participants demonstrated how organizations can:
- Modernize data estates for agility and scalability.
- Harness Real-Time Intelligence for faster decision-making.
- Integrate AI seamlessly into mission-critical workflows.
From September 16 to November 3, 2025, participants explored cutting-edge capabilities through weekly livestream learning sessions led by Microsoft experts. Following the momentum from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference in Vienna, this hackathon showcased how Fabric accelerates innovation across real-time analytics, AI-driven applications, and data modernization.
The Challenge
Participants completed the Microsoft Fabric Hackathon Skilling Plan and built solutions across five distinct categories:
- Best AI application built with Microsoft Fabric
- Best use of AI features
- Analytics solutions with Azure Databases or databases in Fabric
- Best use of Real-Time Intelligence
- Best use of Open Mirroring
The Winners
Our judges selected standout solutions based on innovation, impact, reproducibility, and demo quality. Congratulations to our winners!
| Winner | Location | Prize Category | Winning Project | Prize |
| Giacomo C. | Italy | Grand Prize | HERO — Hybrid Emergency Route Optimizer | $2500 |
| Sammy C. Team | Kenya | Best AI application built with Microsoft Fabric | Smart Waste Management for Dallas City | $1500 |
| Paul D. | United States | Best use of AI Features | FabricAgent – Conversational Prompt Intelligence | $1500 |
| Long P. Team | Vietnam | Best analytics solutions using Azure Databases or Databases in Fabric | Fabric Intelligence: Unified Analytics and RAG | $1500 |
| Daniel M. | Kenya | Best use of Real-Time Intelligence | SmartNexxie – AI-Smart-Parking System | $1500 |
| Tyler R. | United States | Best use of Open Mirroring | Enterprise Finance Migration Accelerator | $1500 |
Grand Prize Winner: HERO — Hybrid Emergency Route Optimizer
HERO (Hybrid Emergency Route Optimizer) is a real-time routing engine for ambulances built on Microsoft Fabric. It solves a critical gap: emergency vehicles need routes optimized for their capabilities—not civilian traffic patterns.
In Lombardy, Italy, ambulances currently use consumer apps like Google Maps, which ignore siren privileges.HERO listens to dispatch events from Mirrored Azure SQL Database and when a dispatch arrives, the Activator triggers a Python notebook that calls Google Routes API for traffic-aware and no-traffic paths. An ML model predicts how much faster a siren-equipped vehicle can drive and selects the best route.
Real-time data streams to Eventstream/KQL, simulates telemetry, and updates a Power BI map for control rooms. HERO can also send SMS alerts with static maps via Fabric Python User Data Functions.
Impact: HERO enables predictive dispatching, fleet optimization, emergency analytics, and cross-agency coordination helping improve emergency response efficiency.
Technologies used: Microsoft Fabric (Eventstream, KQL DB/Eventhouse, Activator, Notebooks, Lakehouse, UDFs, ML Model), Power BI, Azure Key Vault, Azure SQL Database, Google Routes API, and Twilio.
Our judges were truly impressed by the breadth, depth, and overall quality of the submissions. Explore all winning projects and honorable mentions on GitHub.
Category Winners
Best AI Application Built with Microsoft Fabric: Smart Waste Management for Dallas City
An AI-powered system built on Fabric that optimizes waste collection using real-time analytics and predictive intelligence. It monitors bin levels, predicts capacity, and dynamically adjusts routes reducing overflow, saving fuel, and improving service delivery.
Impact: This solution demonstrates how cities can leverage AI and real-time intelligence to deliver smarter municipal services, reduce operational costs, and improve the quality of life for residents.
Technologies used: Microsoft Fabric (Data Agents, Eventstream, Eventhouse, Lakehouse, Notebooks), Copilot Studio, Azure Event Hubs, Azure OpenAI, Power BI.
Best Use of AI Features within Microsoft Fabric: FabricAgent – Conversational Prompt Intelligence
FabricAgent speeds up Copilot prompt discovery from 30+ minutes to under 30 seconds with an AI-guided catalog. It combines Microsoft Fabric Data Agents, Open Mirroring, and Azure AI Search for natural-language queries, delivering curated prompts with real-time governance insights.
Technologies used: Microsoft Fabric (Data Agents, Eventstream, Eventhouse, Open Mirroring, OneLake), Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI embeddings, Model Context Protocol server, React 18 + TypeScript, Azure Static Web Apps, GitHub Actions OIDC deployment.
Impact: 95% faster prompt discovery (<30 seconds vs. 30+ minutes), leadership-grade telemetry, and enterprise-grade governance layer.
Best Analytics Solution with Azure or Fabric Databases: Fabric Intelligence: Unified Analytics and RAG
Fabric Intelligence delivers real-time recommendations and unified analytics by integrating streaming and historical data. Its Agentic RAG engine combines LLM reasoning with customer reviews for transparent, explainable insights, surfaced through Power BI dashboards and a conversational interface.
Impact: Turns raw data into actionable insights and trustworthy recommendations.
Technologies used: Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Spark Notebooks, SQL Database), Power BI, Event Hubs, Azure OpenAI.
Best Use of Fabric Real-Time Intelligence: SmartNexxie – AI-Smart-Parking System
SmartNexxie, an end-to-end intelligent parking management system, tackles urban parking headaches with real-time AI prediction and blockchain-verified data. Using computer vision (YOLOv8), IoT sensors, and RAG-based forecasting, it predicts parking availability and streams insights via Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence and Power BI dashboards.
Impact: SmartNexxie creates smarter cities by increasing revenue for operators, providing stress-free experiences for drivers, and demonstrating how real-time intelligence can transform urban infrastructure management.
Technologies: Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, EventStream, Eventhouse, Real-Time Intelligence), YOLOv8, PySpark, Vector Embeddings, MCP Governance, Power BI, Azure OpenAI, blockchain verification.
Best Use of Open Mirroring: Enterprise Finance Migration Accelerator
This solution enables zero-downtime migration from Snowflake to Microsoft Fabric using Open Mirroring, moving 45.5M records in 60 seconds with full data fidelity. It automates RBAC sync, validates schema integrity, and delivers 85%+ cost savings vs. Snowflake, eliminating migration risk for mission-critical finance systems.
Impact: Confident, seamless migration with automated security and verified ROI.
Technologies: Microsoft Fabric (Open Mirroring, Lakehouse, SQL Analytics), Power Automate, Snowflake, Python.
Honorable Mentions
We received incredible submissions; here are five standout projects worth exploring:
Property Agentic AI
24/7 AI voice concierge built for real estate, delivers instant property info and predictive buyer insights aiming to improve customer experience and accelerate property sales.
Technologies used: Microsoft Fabric (Data Science notebooks, Lakehouse), Azure SQL, LangChain, GPT-4o-mini.
View Project on GitHub | Watch Demo Video
Multi-Agentic AI City Simulation
Gamified city management with autonomous AI agents using real-time data and Fabric Eventstreams. Enables smarter urban planning and faster issue resolution.
Technologies used: Microsoft Fabric (Eventstream, Eventhouse, Data Agent/Copilot, Real-Time Intelligence), Azure OpenAI, multi-agent collaboration (Swarm pattern), Azure Container Apps.
Watch Demo Video | Check out the App
Smart City Quest using Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
Real-time dashboards and ML forecasting for traffic and weather analytics across five cities helps improve traffic management and environmental planning.
Technologies: Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse with Medallion architecture, Eventhouse, EventStream, Eventhub, Notebooks, Dataflow Gen2, Pipelines, Real-time Dashboard, Activator, ML Model), Power BI.
View Project on GitHub | Watch Demo Video
Project AutoLake – Self-Updating Data & AI Insights
Self-updating data pipelines using Fabric Open Mirroring for zero downtime and instant insights. Project AutoLake helps eliminate pipeline maintenance and accelerates analytics.
Technologies: Microsoft Fabric (Open Mirroring, Lakehouse, Data Agent), Azure AI Agent Service, automated schema detection.
View Project on GitHub | Watch Demo Video
Seamless & Secure Data Mirroring: Databricks to Fabric
Self-updating data pipelines using Fabric Open Mirroring for zero downtime and instant insights. This solution helps eliminate pipeline maintenance and accelerates analytics.
Technologies used: Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, OneLake), Azure Databricks, event-based triggers, and Python.
View Project on GitHub | Watch Demo Video
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Thank you to everyone who joined the Microsoft Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon!
Your creativity made this event incredible. Special thanks to our judges for selecting winners from so many outstanding submissions.
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