Case Study: Abjjad scales Arabic literature platform with Microsoft Azure

The next Amazon for Arabic literature debuts with Microsoft’s help

abjjad, a Jordanian social network for readers and producers of Arabic-language e-books, faced bottlenecks that were limiting its growth as a startup with a limited budget. To sustain service levels for its expanding user base, the company needed a more scalable and cost-effective IT infrastructure.

Microsoft provided support through its BizSpark Program for startups and a migration to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Using Azure's PaaS offerings, including Cloud Services and SQL Database, abjjad gained the ability to scale its website on demand while saving on development costs. As a result, the platform grew to 180,000 members who access over 300,000 pages per month.

Abjjad

Eman Hylooz

CEO