微软发布Azure工具，以加快基于区块链的应用程序的创建

微软的云计算平台Azure 5月7日正式宣布了其区块链应用程序创建服务Azure区块链工作台的发布。

在一份新闻稿中，该公司强调区块链是一个“重要的话题”，因为它也将在本周举行的微软年度大会上展开讨论。

Workbench将允许企业通过自动化基础设施设置来创建定制的区块链应用程序来加速开发过程。

微软Azure总经理Matthew Kerner说，这意味着“开发者可以专注于应用程序逻辑，而企业所有者可以专注于定义和验证他们的用例。”

尽管创始人比尔•盖茨(Bill Gates)公开批评比特币是一项投资，但这家电脑巨头对区块链和加密货币方面的乐观态度仍在继续。

今年2月，该公司的支持以微软的身份划分为形式，为比特币提供了离线的扩展解决方案。当时，闪电网络在用户数量上出现了显著增长。

英文原文

Microsoft’s cloud computing platform Azure formally announced the release of its blockchain app creation service, Azure Blockchain Workbench, on May 7.

In a press release, the company highlighted blockchain as a “key topic of interest” as it also kicks of its annual Microsoft Build conference this week.

Workbench will allow businesses looking to create bespoke blockchain apps to speed up the development process by automating infrastructure setup.

This, Microsoft Azure general manager Matthew Kerner says, means “developers can focus on application logic, and business owners can focus on defining and validating their use cases.”

The computing giant’s optimism around both blockchain and aspects of cryptocurrency has continued despite founder Bill Gates’ well-publicized criticism of Bitcoin as an investment.

In February, support from the company came in the form of Microsoft’s Identity division plugging off-chain scaling solutions for Bitcoin, at a time when the Lightning Network was seeing significant growth in user numbers.