Microsoft is slated later this week to roll out its integrated development environment Visual Studio for the Mac, turning the tech company's cloud-first development program into a cross-platform experience that developers can make a practical use on both Windows and Mac.

Although the official press release of Microsoft regarding the issue has since been deleted, the news was spotted by Tech Crunch and noted that the launch of Visual Studio on the Mac is scheduled to transpire during the Connect() conference this week.

Anyway, the tech giant claims that the integrated development environment (IDE) for Mac will allow developers to create Windows apps on the macOS platform of Apple, and in keeping the work stored across devices, developers will make use of cloud platforms like Microsoft's Azure and Amazon Web Services. The Redmond based tech giant called Visual Studio for Mac a counterpart to its Windows version, and claimed that any Windows user can use it with ease.

Even so, long-time tech journalist Tim Anderson points out that the Visual Studio for Mac is not exactly a built-from-the-ground up version, but rather a rebranding of Xamarin. Perhaps that distinction is why Redmond based tech monster pulled the blog post, and the tech company declined to comment. Also, it's not technically the first piece of Visual Studio to make its way to Mac, as the Visual Studio Code went open-source last year, IT Writing reported.

That being said, the Visual Studio for Mac is said to run on Microsoft's .NET software framework and it will come along with the programming language of C#. The Microsoft Connect() 2016 developer conference is slated to run from Nov. 16 until Nov. 18, which means an official confirmation from Microsoft about Visual Studio on the Mac is likely to happen during the event, Mac Rumors has learned.

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