General availability: Azure Confidential Ledger

Azure Confidential Ledger provides a managed and decentralized ledger for data entries, building on our open source blockchain-based framework and confidential computing infrastructure. The tamperproof audit log helps you ensure data integrity by preventing unauthorized or accidental modification. Additional features: * Azure Confidential Ledger provides cryptographic evidence that blockchain-based ledgers have not been tampered with. * Stored data is cryptographically verifiable, both governance and transaction data. * Built on an open-source blockchain-based permissioned network (Confidential Computing Framework). * Runs within confidential computing VMs supporting hardware-rooted secure enclaves. * Provides flexibility to opt-in or opt-out of the trusted computing base. * Provides access to high performance infrastructure. You can use confidential ledger when engaging with low-trust organizations and to minimize security risks/breaches, especially for metadata integrity. To learn more read the [blog](https://aka.ms/ACL-GA-Inspire-2022) or the [documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/). * Azure confidential ledger * Compliance * Security * [ Azure confidential ledger](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/azure-confidential-ledger/)