{"id":5010,"date":"2015-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-18T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:47:22","slug":"azure-baas-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-baas-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Blockchain as a Service Update #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are moving fast; just one week after the last update, we&#8217;re excited to release the Azure BaaS Update #2!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The response to the Azure BaaS offering for partners and customers has been compelling and we have formed a line onboarding new partners and customers into the staging area awaiting the official launch of the category in the Azure Marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though the Marketplace category is taking awhile to stand up, the offerings are still available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/templates\">staging area<\/a> (search for &#8220;bloc&#8221; and most of the blockchain offerings will show up).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to having some awesome partners like <a href=\"https:\/\/consensys.net\/\"><u>ConsenSys<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ripple.com\/\"><u>Ripple<\/u><\/a> in the BaaS ecosystem, we have some great new members too, like <a href=\"https:\/\/erisindustries.com\/\"><u>Eris<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinprism.com\/\"><u>CoinPrism <\/u><\/a>(OpenChain) and Factom. 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The following templates are in the pipeline:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Single validator eris:db blockchain client for rapid prototyping<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Seven validator eris:db blockchain network for stable demonstration chains spread across user selected Azure data centers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Azure clients will be able to upload the details of their permissioning requirements for the blockchain network in question as part of the instantiation process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>CoinPrism:<\/strong> OpenChain is an open source distributed ledger technology. It is suited for organizations wishing to issue and manage digital assets in a robust, secure and scalable way. 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