title	description	ms.date	author	ms.author	ms.custom	ms.topic
Tools for Azure .NET and .NET Core developers	Get the tools to start using the Azure .NET libraries from a Windows, Linux, and Mac environment.	08/11/2018	CamSoper	casoper	azure-dotnet-devcenter, azure-dotnet-devcenter-authored, azure-dotnet-devcenter-conceptual, vs-azure	conceptual

Tools for .NET and .NET Core Azure developers

Whatever your operating system, we have a great set of tools to help you develop on Azure using .NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core.

Windows

Visual Studio 2017 has built-in support for Azure development.

Step 1: Download Visual Studio 2017

You can skip this step if you already have Visual Studio 2017 installed.

Still using Visual Studio 2015? click here for installation instructions.

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Download Visual Studio 2017

Step 2: Install the two Azure workloads

After launching the Visual Studio 2017 installer, make sure the Azure and ASP.NET web development workloads are checked.

Step 3: Develop with .NET on Azure

Get started by deploying your first ASP.NET Core web app on Azure App Service.

macOS

Visual Studio for Mac has everything you need for Azure development.

Step 1: Download Visual Studio for Mac

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Download Visual Studio for Mac

During install, Azure tools are already enabled by default.

Linux

Visual Studio Code has everything you need for Azure development on Linux.

Step 1: Download the .NET Core SDK

The SDK and command-line tools for .NET Core apps.

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Download .NET Core SDK

Step 2: Visual Studio Code

Edit and debug .NET Core apps on any operating system: Windows, Mac, and Linux.

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Download Visual Studio Code