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The Azure Blockchain Workbench today (Monday) was the event where Microsoft officially announced a new set of tools for developers that work with distributed ledger technology. If you are new to the Workbench, it is basically a name for “the scaffolding for an end-to-end blockchain application” which can be set up “with a few simple clicks”, according to the announcement.

In simple English, Microsoft has finally made its move towards streamlining the methods in which companies and teams can build apps on top of the Azure-based blockchains. As the general manager of Azure Matthew Kerner wrote in a blog post published today:

“Today, we’re excited to announce the public preview release of Azure Blockchain Workbench, a new offering that can reduce application development time from months to days. Workbench gets customers started quickly by automating infrastructure setup, so developers can focus on application logic, and business owners can focus on defining and validating their use cases.”

The Workbench has been adopted by some of the firm’s existing partners. The most notable ones include the names of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, the food distributor Nestle and the software producer Apptus.

However, this is only the latest project for Microsoft which joined the forces with many blockchain-focused partners over the past couple of months. Aside from Azure, Microsoft is actively working with Hyperledger in the United Nations, the research consortium R3 and the Blockchain Research Group situated at the Cornell University to study different aspects of the blockchain.