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What licensing? You can develop in VS community edition (less than 250 PCs and 1 M$ revenue) and deploy to Linux. You can use any DB you like with that.

bizspark has been cancelled last year because of too much abuse - MS offers alternative program only for startup incubator alumni.

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> deploy to Linux. You can use any DB you like with that

I don't think Linux or "any DB you like" fall within the OP's definition of "the Microsoft tech stack" that disappeared.

You forgot this part:"In non-enterprise organizations, up to five users can use Visual Studio Community."

Yep, we had to ban VS Community because it really isn't community (as in, lacking some features but free as in beer) but hobbyist. If you want to use it, budget for VS Pro.

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