Funny seeing so many sheep following green arrows like a bounteous alpine farm without doing any research whatsoever
First of all, IOTA is a great new idea but that's all it is right now. It's an idea and the network is still reliant on a 'co-ordinator' based on proof of work.
What this means that the IOTA network is centralized in operation. Thus far, there has been ABSOLUTELY NO proof that IOTA can function as a distributed decentralized network.
There are some pretty damning accusations that the developers rigged the coding in a way that allows them to spend anyone's coins but I won't go into that.
Bottomline is IOTA is completely unproven, untested and centralized right now. There is absolutely no proof that it will work or even if it works whether the network can ever be secure.
Also, they didn't 'partner' with microsoft but microsoft and other companies simply offered to test out an IOT implementation for data sharing with their devices.
Full disclosure - I bought 100 MIOTA, not because I believe in IOTA but I believe in the great uneducated masses to turn me a profit of 5000% before I cash out on that tiny risk-free investment.