NET Core, works on Linux as well as Windows. SQL Server is in the process of being ported to Linux, and the open source fork of. Many Azure users run Virtual Machines (VMs) on Linux rather than Windows, and rather than resisting this trend, Microsoft has actively supported it, building partnerships with Linux vendors to improve integration. Microsoft itself is in transition, with an increasing focus on cloud services such as Office 365 and cloud infrastructure in the form of Azure. It has become a remarkable development tool, not only for its comprehensive support for all Microsoft’s platforms, but also for its ability to target non-Windows operating systems, which goes well beyond previous releases.
Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2017 marks 20 years of Visual Studio, the first being Visual Studio 97 which bundled Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Visual J++ and Visual InterDev.
