I think that every kind of public relation is good for NEM. Even if we are using Azure to attract more people. In this case, all those people can try every coin listed on Azure. And then they are realizing that there is NEM - in regard to the rest of all shitcoins listed on it, NEM could be the best the've ever seen and tried.
I guess in that case - they simply choose NEM for further proceedings... and all of this could just be a positive result of using Microsoft Azure.
Think about it!
...just my 2 Xems..
(P.S.: I don't like MS Azure but I see the chances behind it for our purposes)
3 emails and no response. Makoto was able to meet with a representative from Microsoft directly so I'll ask him more about that.