Back in November 2015, Microsoft Azure announced the availability of Blockchain-as-a-Service via Ethereum, in partnership with the leading Enterprise provider of Ethereum Blockchain solutions, Consensys.
Since then, our Financial Services CTO, Marley Gray, has been posting nearly every other week nearly every other week about the new partners Microsoft has in this space. We currently have 20 Blockchain providers waiting to join the Microsoft BaaS program.
And it’s gained steam, as reported in Nasdaq.com.
- NASDAQ: Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain As a Service Program Gains Momentum
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/microsofts-azure-blockchain-as-a-service-program-gains-momentum-cm562389
Recently, Microsoft has a glut of Blockchain providers interested in being part of the Azzure BaaS program as an offering along side Ethereum:
- NEW YORK BUSINESS JOURNAL: Why Microsoft’s blockchain service has 20 companies waiting to be accepted
http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/01/21/why-microsofts-blockchain-service-has-20-companies.html
Marley did a demonstration of a transaction over Ethereum on YouTube:
- Blockchain CryptoSwap – A Total Return Swap Demo using Ethereum on Azure Blockchain as a Service
[LORES] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCAU5dJ3Mk&feature=youtu.be
[HIRES] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl_R9ZndeNs
For a list of updates on Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service, visit:
- Microsoft Azure BaaS Posts
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/tag/blockchain/
For an explanation of how Blockchain technology works, visit the following sites: