How To Use Azure Blockchain Service

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How to Use Azure Blockchain Service

• The market for cloud services is currently
  growing at a rapid pace. All modern technologies
  like artificial intelligence, machine learning,
  the Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics,
  and web and mobile app hosting require heavy
  computing power.

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What Is Azure Blockchain Service?

• Azure is a cloud computing platform that has been
  developed by Microsoft for creating, testing,
  deploying, and managing applications. It is a
  fully managed ledger service that helps users
  grow and operate blockchain networks at scale in
  Azure. It has the ability to support multiple
  ledger protocols. It offers unified control for
  blockchain network governance and infrastructure
  management. It offers the following

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• Built-in consortium management.
• Easy network deployment and operations.
• The ability to build smart contracts using
  familiar development tools.

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Azure - Network Deployment and Operations

• Azure Blockchain Service is developed through the
  Azure CLI, Visual Studio Code, or the Azure
  portal with the assistance of the Azure
  Blockchain extension. Network deployment is made
  simple in the Azure Blockchain Service and it
  including provisioning both the validator and
  transaction nodes and Azure Virtual Networks for
  service-managed storage and security isolation.

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• When a new member is deployed, users join or
  create a consortium. Consortiums allow multiple
  parties in several Azure subscriptions to be able
  to communicate securely with each other on a
  shared blockchain. This simplifies blockchain
  network deployment to a great extent and reduces
  the time from days to minutes.

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Performance and Service Tiers

• The two service tiers offered in Azure Blockchain
  Service are basic and standard. Each tier offers
  several capabilities and performance to support
  lightweight development and also allows the
  testing of workloads to massively scaled
  production blockchain deployments. Both these
  tiers include two validator nodes (standard), one
  validator node (basic), and one transaction node.

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Maintenance And Security

• Once you provision your first blockchain member,
  you will be able to add additional transaction
  nodes to your member. Transaction nodes need
  configuration for access and are safeguarded
  through firewall rules. Apart from firewall
  rules, the other options that can be used for
  securing transaction node access are access keys,
  basic authentication, and Azure Active Directory
  integration.

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Built - in Consortium Management

• As mentioned earlier, at the time of deploying
  the first blockchain member, you will either join
  or create a consortium. A consortium can be
  understood as a logical group that manages the
  connectivity and governance between blockchain
  members who transact in a multi-party process.

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• Azure offers governance controls through
  pre-defined smart contracts that determine the
  actions members present in the consortium are
  allowed to take. The administrator can customize
  the governance controls as and when needed. You
  must have an invite to join a consortium.
  Consortium management actions like removing and
  adding members from a consortium can be accessed
  through a REST API and Power Shell.

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• Conclusion
• I hope you have now gained a fair idea about the
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