In 2016, Microsoft brought Ubuntu on Windows 10, worked with FreeBSD to develop a Virtual Machine image for its Azure cloud, chose Ubuntu as the OS for its Cloud-based Big Data services, and even joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member-the highest level of membership. In 2015, Microsoft open-sourced the Visual Studio Code Editor, as well. In 2013, the company launched Visual Studio, and a year later, it open-sourced. Microsoft is following its commitment to the open source community. It should be noted that your Antivirus application or Windows defender can trigger false-positive warning for hacking tools and exploits, but you need not worry about it. The Kali for Windows application allows one to install and run the Kali Linux open-source penetration testing distribution natively, from the Windows 10 OS. Kali Linux on Windows does not come with any hacking or penetration testing tools pre-installed, but you can easily install them later.

This announcement is especially exciting for security professionals and penetration testers who have limited toolsets due to enterprise compliance standards. If you are interested in enabling Kali's desktop environment, here's a video demonstration showing how you can install xfce4 and xrdp to connect Kali Linux over Remote Desktop.

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