I had half expected the article to center around the dotnet-onbuild docker containers or something similar... Which for my few tests has been pretty nice... though not everything is docker friendly, or even works outside windows, but with the option there, I'm sure more apps will make the effort to support that type of deployment.
Totally an irrational personal bias that I need to drop...
When you think of Google and deploying to the cloud, Borg and K8s come to mind. That's their expertise. Windows Server doesn't fit into that picture.
I guess it is the same with Azure and running Linux VMs there. Although a third of Azure VMs run Linux, the marketing and public awareness hasn't caught up with that reality.