Microsoft is closing down its Azure Blockchain Service in September

Software program large Microsoft mentioned this week that it’ll shut down its long-running blockchain-as-a-service providing in September.

“On September 10, 2021, Azure Blockchain might be retired. Please migrate ledger information from Azure Blockchain Service to another providing based mostly in your growth standing in manufacturing or analysis.,” reads a blog post revealed Could 10. 

But Azure prospects can have new choices on the blockchain entrance within the type of ConsenSy’s Quorum providing. ConsenSys announced the identical day that it was working with Microsoft to convey Quorum, which it acquired from JPMorgan final yr, to the Azure buyer base.

“Each corporations are working collectively to supply a service based mostly on ConsenSys Quorum, an open-source protocol layer for creating with Ethereum,” ConsenSys mentioned in its announcement. 

Azure Blockchain dates again to 2015 when Microsoft first linked up with ConsenSys to supply Ethereum capabilities to the software program large’s cloud prospects.