- Pick up latest .NET Core 2.0 CLI and buildtools
- Remove all project.json references and convert everything to msbuild projects
- Stick to vanilla .NET CLI project shape as much as possible. Minimize dependencies on buildtools special behaviors
- Update CLI to more recent version
- Remove last dependency on mono
- Update Microsoft.DotNet.AppDep version to 00004 that has stubbed out System.Resources.ResourceManager