American technology giant Microsoft will reportedly make blockchain-based tools available to PowerApps and Microsoft Flow users, tech-focused news outlet GeekWire reported on June 10.
Microsoft
will purportedly announce its plans to add blockchain tools to its
Power Platform during the Microsoft Business Applications Summit on
Monday in Atlanta. Specifically, artificial intelligence (AI)
and blockchain tools will be included in the company’s PowerApps custom
application builder and PowerBI business intelligence tool.
The
Power Platform itself is a collection of tools — Power BI, PowerApps
and Microsoft Flow — designed for collaborative work to build custom
apps, automate workflows to improve business productivity and analyze
data for insights.
Microsoft has previously released several blockchain-powered tools based on its products. In May, the company introduced
the new Azure Blockchain Development Kit for the Ethereum blockchain.
The tool kit was designed to aid developers who are building apps using
Microsoft’s blockchain-as-a-service platform, Azure Blockchain Service.
That same month, the tech giant revealed that it is building a decentralized identity network atop of the Bitcoin blockchain.
As reported in late May, New York-based blockchain firm ConsenSys also released
a new Blockchain and DApp Developer Job Kit to help aspiring Ethereum
blockchain developers enter the market. The kit includes a blockchain
knowledge glossary that covers topics such as consensus algorithms,
smart contracts, miners and security incentivization, token standards
and the so-dubbed scalability trilemma.
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