Basically this, but they also push things like Application Insights, which is heavily tied to Azure.
The VS Code editor is also embedded in the Azure web portal. So by getting people using Code they may find it easier to up-sell to Azure. In fact, Code started life as the Monaco editor in Azure and was spun out into a separate product.
Oh my god someone mentioned App Insights organically! My day has been made.
Dev here, our strategy for AI is Azure-first, but not Azure only. While we provide first class monitoring for ASP.net services running on Azure, we also have lots of open source SDKs available for major languages, as well as first class Java and node.js SDKs and are trying to bring some of our other open source SDKs to the same level.
We totally get that ASP.net isn’t the end all be all and that people run other types of services, so we’re trying to bring App Insights to as many of these services as possible.
The VS Code editor is also embedded in the Azure web portal. So by getting people using Code they may find it easier to up-sell to Azure. In fact, Code started life as the Monaco editor in Azure and was spun out into a separate product.