Microsoft Azure
CASE STUDY
Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Delivers
Scalability for eSports Competition Platform
“Microsoft Azure has allowed us to quickly scale our platform and services along with increasing
and decreasing traffic. This is especially helpful after promotion activities, when thousands of users
access our platform within a very short time.” – Dominik Mayrhofer, CTO, pwnwin
• SITUATION
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV:
pwnwin
WEB SITE: www.pwnwin.com
LOCATION: Mondsee, Austria
ORG SIZE: 8 employees
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE:
pwnwin is an eSports competition platform
that allows players from all over the world and
all skill levels to compete in their favorite
games for cash, prizes and glory, making it a
more competitive and exciting gaming
experience.
The number of eSports players has increased steadily in recent years and is predicted to continue to grow in the
future by 20 percent annually. More than 128 million people spend their spare time playing eSports games, and
pwnwin’s platform that offers worldwide competitions for professional and amateur players needed a cloud host
provider with quick scalability while maintaining reliability.
• SOLUTION
pwnwin relies on Microsoft Azure Cloud Services for highly
available, high-performance applications that scale up when
more power is needed because of high spikes in traffic and scale
down when traffic is normal. Azure SQL Database delivers quick
and massive scalability, while Azure CDN improves speed,
performance, and reliability with high-bandwidth. pwnwin can
increase system power within minutes to offer millions of eSports
players worldwide the chance to compete for prizes and glory.
• BENEFITS
The user-friendliness of Microsoft Azure makes the solution
easier and faster to deploy than other methods.
Go-To-Market Services
System costs with Microsoft Azure are low as pwnwin pays only
for what it uses thanks to autoscaling.