Microsoft is in the process of rolling out the red carpet for Hadoop-based services on their Azure platform. So long as it's deployed on Windows. Otherwise you'll have roll your own Linux image with Hadoop. More on Microsoft and Hadoop here:
http://businessintelligenceweekly.com/2012/01/the-new-microsoft-hadoop-hosting-deal/
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