{"id":15027,"date":"2019-05-03T00:18:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T00:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/microsoft-launches-a-fully-managed-blockchain-service.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T00:18:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T00:18:03","slug":"microsoft-launches-a-fully-managed-blockchain-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/microsoft-launches-a-fully-managed-blockchain-service.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft <\/a> didn\u2019t rush to bring blockchain technology to its Azure cloud computing platform, but over the course of the last year, it started to pick up the pace with the launch of its blockchain development kit<\/a> and the Azure Blockchain Workbench<\/a>. Today, ahead of its Build developer conference, it is going a step further by launching Azure Blockchain Services<\/a>, a fully managed service that allows for the formation, management and governance of consortium blockchain networks.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not talking cryptocurrencies here, though. This is an enterprise service that is meant to help businesses build applications on top of blockchain technology. It is integrated with Azure Active Directory and offers tools for adding new members, setting permissions and monitoring network health and activity.<\/p>\n

The first support ledger is J.P. Morgan\u2019s Quorum. \u201cBecause it\u2019s built on the popular Ethereum protocol, which has the world\u2019s largest blockchain developer community, Quorum is a natural choice,\u201d Azure CTO Mark Russinovich <\/a> writes in today\u2019s announcement. \u201cIt integrates with a rich set of open-source tools while also supporting confidential transactions\u2014something our enterprise customers require.\u201d To launch this integration, Microsoft partnered closely with J.P. Morgan.<\/p>\n

The managed service is only one part of this package, though. Microsoft also today launched an extension to Visual Studio Code to help developers create smart contracts. The extension allows Visual Studio Code users to create and compiled Etherium smart contracts and deploy them other on the public chain or on a consortium network in Azure Blockchain Service. The code is then managed by Azure DevOps.<\/p>\n

Building applications for these smart contracts is also going to get easier thanks to integrations with Logic Apps<\/a> and Flow<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s two workflow integration services, as well as Azure Functions for event-driven development.<\/p>\n

Microsoft, of course, isn\u2019t the first of the big companies to get into this game. IBM, especially, made a big push for blockchain adoption in recent years<\/a> and AWS, too, is now getting into the game after mostly ignoring this technology before. Indeed, AWS opened up its own managed blockchain service only two days ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Microsoft makes a push to simplify machine learning<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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