When a VM is loaded, it contains

• Windows 10, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0)
• Windows 10 SDK, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0)
• Visual Studio 2019 (latest as of 6/15/20) with the UWP, .NET desktop, and Azure workflows enabled and also includes the Windows Template Studio extension
• Visual Studio Code (latest as of 6/15/20)
• Windows Subsystem for Linux enabled with Ubuntu installed
• Developer mode enabled 

Q: What's the near-term roadmap for .NET tooling?

A: While tentative, here are some short term plans:

• Sep 2016 – Preview 3 of VS 2015 with early .CSProj support for .NET Core
• Nov 2016 – .NET Core 1.2, ASP.NET Core 1.2, Entity Framework Core 1.2, SignalR, .NET Standard 2.0, etc.  

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This release contains the previously released .NET Core 2.1.2 Runtime and the following:

• ASP.NET Core 2.1.2
• .NET Core SDK 2.1.400