Blockchain technology has been covered regularly in the news in recent years, and many businesses have been looking to adopt this potentially transformative tool used by supply chain management and real estate sales firms, among others. In this multiple-video course, you will look at the primary reasons for use and benefits provided to organizations seeking to record transaction data on a blockchain. The course covers the provisioning and management of instances of configuration and development of blockchains, smart contracts, and applications. This process can be simplified by using a cloud-based managed blockchain service. Explore blockchain programming options available, and learn how to set up and build a blockchain network from scratch. Then review features of the two biggest cloud-based managed blockchain services, Microsoft Azure Blockchain Workbench and the Amazon Managed Blockchain, services allowing users to focus on blockchain-based applications and handling scaffolding in the setup of the blockchain network. Learn the benefits of using a managed blockchain service to set up and build blockchain networks and applications in the cloud.

Learn how to use the Azure Blockchain Workbench application through this practical 12-video course, which focuses on setting up a blockchain network and the development and deployment of an application on that network. The course requires having an account on Microsoft's Azure Service. Explore some of the features on Azure's dashboard; learn how to set up resource groups and use the Azure marketplace; and learn to create users for the application on Azure's Active Directory. See how to build a full-fledged blockchain application by defining just two files, a smart contract written in Solidity, and an accompanying config file with definitions of workflows and transitions. Then code an application to record a transfer of an asset from one user to the other using a well-defined workflow. See how to track provisioning of the Blockchain Workbench and provisioned resources and to use Workbench to provision a VM. At the end of this course, you will be able to build your own blockchain application.

In this 11-video course, you will discover how to set up a Hyperledger Fabric network spanning two organizations using AWS (Amazon Web Services) Managed Blockchain. This course builds on previous courses in which users learned how to set up a Hyperledger Fabric network for one organization. This course requires access to a second AWS account, which can be invited to join the Fabric network you have created-another department within your company, or another company. You will learn the process of voting for a new member to participate in the network and how to initialize a client and peer for the second organization. As you progress, you will set up a private channel where both organizations can record their transactions. Then you will deploy chain code for the two-organization channel and interact with it from both organizations, enabling you to build Hyperledger Fabric network for your own organization and their partners, to deploy smart contracts and applications to record transactions in a secure blockchain network.

In this course, you will discover how to set up a Hyperledger Fabric modular blockchain network for a single organization by using Amazon Managed Blockchain. Course participants should already have set up an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. A Hyperledger Fabric modular blockchain acts as a foundation for developing blockchain based products, solutions and applications. This course demonstration begins by provisioning and configuring users, policies, and security groups for the blockchain network. Next, learn how to provision the network, including an ordering service and certificate of authority. Learn how to set up a client to interact with the network and initialize a peer for the organization. As you progress, learn how to deploy a smart contract (chaincode) to the network. During this course, you will acquire the skills needed to record transaction information on a blockchain with a focus on the development of applications. By the end of this course, you will be able to set up your own Hyperledger Fabric network on AWS, using their Managed Blockchain service.