I think Microsoft wants every blockchains on their Azure cloud platform.  http://www.coindesk.com/microsoft-blockchain-azure-marley-gray/

With Azure cloud services, you press a button that says "Deploy to Azure" and it will setup a full Ethereum, Syscoin, Bitshares, Bitcoin, etc... node.  The code to get a coin working on Azure isn't that difficult either.

Ethereum Ubuntu Azure VM: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/ethereum-cpp-on-ubuntu
Syscoin Ubuntu Azure VM: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/syscoin-on-ubuntu
Bitshares Ubuntu Azure VM: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/bitshares-ubuntu-vm
Bitcoin CentOS Azure VM: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/bitcore-centos-vm

The end user sees this page:  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/templates/monero-on-ubuntu/

So all you need is the Azure quickstart templates tested and approved by Microsoft by merging it into their repo.  I think there is a standard partnership agreement form that needs to be completed.

I plan to add coins to Azure.