On Monday, Microsoft announced that it would retire the Microsoft Azure Blockchain Service. This is a hosting solution for enterprise blockchain Quorum to enable network deployment and manage a consortium. Microsoft is directing clients towards the ConsenSys Quorum Blockchain Service.
ConsenSys stated that both companies are working together to offer the new Quorum Blockchain Service. Clients have to migrate by September 10, when the original service will be terminated. And as of this week, no new members can be added to a consortium.
“ConsenSys’ collaboration with Microsoft is designed to offer customers and business partners an easy path to building multi-cloud blockchain services with additional permissions to ensure transaction privacy,” says the ConsenSys statement.
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