Case Study: Fox Sports achieves a personalized, high-performance mobile fan experience with Microsoft Corporation

FOX Sports scores big points with new mobile app

FOX Sports needed a mobile app that could deliver real-time scores, stats, and personalized experiences to sports fans across devices, while handling huge volumes of live data and rapid updates. To meet that challenge, FOX Sports worked with **Microsoft Corporation**, using **Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin**, **Visual Studio App Center** features, and **SQL Server** to build a cross-platform, native app with a smooth user experience.

Microsoft Corporation helped FOX Sports launch the app in less than eight months, with shared code speeding development and SQL Server supporting fast, reliable live updates from millions of data points. The result was nearly 100% uptime, real-time scoreboards and notifications, and strong customer response, including **11,000 five-star reviews** and a fast-growing user base.

Fox Sports

Tom Zentmeyer

VP Technology