I say VM as well...search VM templates for 'sql server 2017 developer'
Or, search the Google for something like "Installing SQL 2017 on Linux using Docker containers" if you want to keep it out of the cloud...even on a Windows Desktop. I did that whole thing in under 30 minutes from a blog post I cannot find anymore 🙂
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