Microsoft has inked a deal with CyanogenMod to load its apps onto CyanogenMod's open-source mobile operating system.
The includes Bing services, Skype, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, and Microsoft Office.
"People around the world use Cyanogen's operating system and popular Microsoft services to engage with what matters most to them on their mobile devices," Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster said in a statement. "This exciting partnership with Microsoft will enable us to bring new kinds of integrated services to mobile users in markets around the world."
Cyanogen OS is a free, community-built distribution of Android, and users usually gravitate toward it for a clean mobile experience free of bloatware. So some purists might not welcome the Microsoft news.
While few details of the partnership have been revealed, Android Central reports that Microsoft apps will likely be available as suggested downloads that can be deleted permanently if users don't want them hanging around on their phones.
"Throughout all of this, Cyanogen is focused on a single message—that their flavor of Android is all about choice, and offering an alternative to Google's core apps and services is a part of that message," Android Central said.
"We aspire to have our tools within arm's reach of everyone, to empower them in all aspects of their lives. This partnership represents another important step toward that ambition," said Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of Microsoft.
This isn't Redmond's first partnership this month: Microsoft and Dropbox also teamed up to make it easier to edit Office documents online. Just click the "Open" button when previewing a Dropbox file on the Web to edit it from your browser via Office Online.
The tech giant this week also rolled out Skype for Business, replacing the Lync video and Web conferencing platform with a more familiar setting.