Microsoft still only has a few primary applications:
SQL Server (already converted)
MS Office suite (including Project and Visio) and Sharepoint
Exchange (for Outlook's best features)
ActiveDirectory (scalable auth + DNS + client management is still hard to beat, but MDMs are catching up)
Beyond that, all they really have is an open source platform (.Net), and a few open source projects (VS Code, PowerShell), and Visual Studio. Oh, and GitHub, I suppose.
Microsoft will not release their version of Linux for sale. They're going to try to make it a high-availability Azure-only service. They're still chasing Apple's and Google's services-only architecture and Amazon's cloud-dominance strategy. Windows will become their legacy server and user client product.
SQL Server (already converted) MS Office suite (including Project and Visio) and Sharepoint Exchange (for Outlook's best features) ActiveDirectory (scalable auth + DNS + client management is still hard to beat, but MDMs are catching up)
Beyond that, all they really have is an open source platform (.Net), and a few open source projects (VS Code, PowerShell), and Visual Studio. Oh, and GitHub, I suppose.
Microsoft will not release their version of Linux for sale. They're going to try to make it a high-availability Azure-only service. They're still chasing Apple's and Google's services-only architecture and Amazon's cloud-dominance strategy. Windows will become their legacy server and user client product.