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Azure Blockchain Service

Build, govern, and expand consortium blockchain networks

The foundation for blockchain apps in the cloud

Build, govern, and expand blockchain networks at scale. Azure Blockchain Service Preview simplifies the formation, management, and governance of consortium blockchain networks so you can focus on business logic and app development.

Deploy fully managed blockchain networks in a few simple clicks

Govern at scale with built-in governance and codeless consortia management

Offload blockchain network management so you can focus on application logic

Build blockchain apps with confidence using the dev tools you love and the apps you rely on today

Simple blockchain network deployment and operations

Create and configure consortium blockchain infrastructure quickly and offload network management while maintaining the ability to update over time.

See how to build your blockchain network

Built-in consortium management

Get full node management and govern consortia at scale. Modular controls provide easy member onboarding, codeless permissioning, and simplified policy enforcement.

Learn more about network governance

Open and extensible design

Build blockchain applications with confidence on an open, flexible platform that integrates with the dev tools, data sources, and applications you already use.

Explore a solution architecture

Innovate with confidence

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Azure Blockchain Service offers simple per-node pricing

Customize your blockchain network infrastructure while keeping costs predictable.

Azure Blockchain Service is now available in two tiers. Basic provides a cost-optimized environment for developing and testing your blockchain apps. Standard can be used to run production blockchain networks with built-in high availability.

See Azure Blockchain Service pricing

Customers are doing great things with blockchain on Azure

  1. J.P. Morgan
  2. Singapore Airlines
  3. Xbox
  4. Starbucks

Reimagining shared processes in the cloud

J.P. Morgan uses Azure to strengthen Quorum and accelerate blockchain adoption in enterprise.

Read the story

J.P. Morgan

Getting more mileage out of loyalty points

Singapore Airlines uses Azure to convert customers’ airline miles into blockchain-based tokens that can be spent across a network of retail partners.

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Singapore Airlines

Generating real-time royalty insights

Microsoft uses blockchain to compute royalty statements for Xbox game publishers in hours, not months.

Read the story

Xbox

Tracing coffee from farm to pour

Starbucks uses Azure to empower small-hold farmers and track its products from bean to barista.

Read the story

Starbucks

Start building with Azure Blockchain Service

Get instant access and a $200 credit when you sign up for a free Azure account.
Deploy Azure Blockchain Service using quickstart resources from the Azure engineering team.
Create, compile and deploy smart contracts using our VS Code Extension and serverless tools in the Azure Blockchain Dev Kit.

Tutorials, sample code, and app development guidance

Five-minute quickstarts

Create a blockchain member

Quickly deploy your first blockchain network through the Azure portal or Azure CLI.

Configure transaction nodes

Easily configure your transaction nodes’ security access through the Azure portal or Azure CLI.

Explore cloud development patterns

Watch Block Talk, a weekly show on blockchain network and cloud development from the Azure Blockchain engineering team.

Accelerate development with code samples

Connect any user interface, integrate with existing systems, and simplify smart contract DevOps using the guidance and source code in the Azure Blockchain Development Kit.

Updates, blogs, and announcements

Frequently asked questions about Azure Blockchain Service

  • Our Basic offering is built for customers who want to use Azure Blockchain Service for development, testing and proof-of-concepts. The Standard tier is targeted for production blockchain solutions, providing the high-availability and performance required for scalable blockchain solutions in the cloud.
  • Azure Blockchain Service provides a 99.9% availability SLA, including automatic patching of the host operating system and ledger software for critical updates. Azure Blockchain Service provides complete 24x7 support through qualified support plans offered by Azure Support. Learn more about Azure Support plans here.
  • Yes. Workbench is a great tool for prototyping applications on Azure Blockchain Service. Additional details can be found in here.
  • Azure Blockchain Service has been integrated with Microsoft’s serverless and codeless development tools. There are now gallery templates for both our Flow and Logic App connectors that make it easy for any developer to send data to/from the ledger via microservices, databases, or events.
  • We’ve integrated Azure Blockchain Service with both VS Code and Azure DevOps. With our VS Code extension, you can write, test, debug, and deploy your contracts locally, to a private chain or to public blockchain networks. Tests can be automatically generated and executed within the extension. Everything you do in VS Code can connect with Azure DevOps to deliver devops build and release pipelines and apply access control and policies needed by consortiums.

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