Macquarie Cloud Services Pty Limited has launched its Azure practice following a strategic agreement with Microsoft Corporation. The agreement to leverage Azure as its public cloud offering will see Macquarie Cloud Services deliver Azure managed services to new and existing customers across Australia. Macquarie Cloud Services can manage Azure workloads offshore for Australian-headquartered businesses as a tier one Microsoft cloud services provider (CSP). The agreement expands Macquarie Cloud Services offering and enables it to bring public cloud into its managed hybrid IT services.