I'd prefer just go with hyperv at that point and build containers in a Linux environment.. IDEs can still access your VMs so you can have all the nice syntax h

I'd prefer just go with hyperv at that point and build containers in a Linux environment.. IDEs can still access your VMs so you can have all the nice syntax highlighting etc from Windows but you are building inside Linux. You have really nice networking options on hyperv so you can even check how your app deploys in a distributed environment.