First Look Into Blockchain: How to Develop, Test, and Deploy Blockchain Applications

Summary: Blockchain is an emerging way for businesses, industries, and public organizations to almost instantaneously make and verify transactions — streamlining business processes, saving money, and reducing the potential for fraud. At its core, a blockchain is a data structure that’s used to create a digital transaction ledger that, instead of resting with a single provider, is shared among a distributed network of computers. Join Lex Thomas and Razi Rais as they break down some blockchain concepts and then show us how to develop a simple hello world style blockchain solution and deploy it using Azure Blockchain as a Service (BaaS). [0:57] What is Blockchain?[2:14] How is this different than a standard distributed database?[5:16] DEMO: Introduction and Overview of Blockchain in a Dev/Test lab on Azure[30:40] DEMO: Blockchain and .NETLearn more about Blockchain as a ServiceIf you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Microsoft Services Premier SupportProject BletchleyDevTest Labs (Quick Deploy Blockchain)Azure Marketplace Blockchain OfferingsAzure Quickstart TemplatesCreate your own Custom Private/Consortium Blockchain Network__________________________ Send your comments or questions to the "Taste of Premier" Podcast show!Follow the conversation @TasteofPremierBecome a Fan @ Facebook.com/PremierSupportSubscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Podcast Marketplace or RSS