Azure Blockchain Service will be retired on September 10, 2021 and is no longer recommended for new resources.

Azure Blockchain Service is a fully-managed ledger service in Azure. It enables users to grow and operate blockchain networks at scale with simplified network formation, consortium management, and governance. By eliminating the burden of building, managing, and growing the underlying network, Azure Blockchain Service empowers customers to focus on what matters to them—business logic and app development.

Azure Blockchain Service manages the underlying blockchain infrastructure and provides a holistic view of an entire network including node monitoring, health and blockchain network monitoring. It also delivers governance support, such as centralized administration enabling easy on-boarding of new members to the network. It reduces network configuration from weeks to hours or even minutes and allows network operators to provision new nodes or members in a single click.

Use Azure Blockchain Service to:

• Quickly deploy a blockchain network
• Create a new, or join an existing consortium
• Easily add new members to your consortium
• Deploy blockchain application at scale