Multiplayer

Access different levels of management from Azure no matter how you want to scale your game servers, from deploying virtual machines yourself to using Azure Kubernetes Service for container orchestration.

Take advantage of dedicated multiplayer servers that deliver low latency and high reliability—without the challenges of building, managing, and running servers at scale.

Let your players authenticate the way they want—from Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and beyond, players can link their favorite accounts to enable roaming and recovery of game data.

Bring your games closer to your players and reduce latency for fast, responsive online gaming with the scale provided by Azure’s 56 global regions—more than any other cloud provider.

Simplify server management needs for games that are not impacted by latency with Azure Functions. Streamline complex, stateful coordination requirements for multiplayer servers with the Durable Functions extension.

Take advantage of the secure authentication of Xbox services to connect your players with your game across multiple devices and platforms.

Simplify the way you add flexible, inclusive, and secure low-latency chat and data communication and real-time multiplayer networking to your game with a set of cross-platform libraries and services.

Encourage interaction between players and make gameplay more meaningful by maintaining leaderboards in your game with player statistics.