The U.S.-based tech giant Microsoft has announced its partnership with the cross-chain protocol Axelar for blockchain interoperability solutions. As part of the collaboration, Axelar will join Microsoft's cloud computing-based Azure marketplace. The partnership will see Microsoft's customers accessing Axelar's solutions through Azure. - Axelar will also be able to reach tens of thousands of companies using the online store.
- The move made Axelar the first cross-chain protocol listed on the Azure marketplace.
- Developers using Azure will be able to access Axelar's tools through the AxelarJS software development kit (SDK) and the General Message Passing service to integrate their apps into different blockchains.
- The two firms will also jointly explore the integration of public and private blockchains for AI-powered applications.
Microsoft's Azure marketplace hosts more than 25,000 applications and services for developers and institutions, and at least 200 are powered by blockchain technology. - Axelar currently supports 43 blockchains.
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