Hi @thinkdm2,
Thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately, we don’t support Microsoft Azure at the moment, but it’s something we expect to support in our next major version (Version 10).
We expect to enhance OpenLayers substantially in that version to allow for a wider variety of 3rd party tile servers, and enhanced performance.
Sounds good! Do you have a tentative timeframe for the next release?
Thank you for understanding, unfortunately we don’t have a timeline just yet, but we do expect development to begin later this year.