Removing some unnecessary differences (#9495)

* work on removing some unncessary differences

* fix compile

* skip another test

build/azure-pipelines/exploration-merge.yml

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-trigger:
-  branches:
-    include: ['master']
-pr: none
-
-jobs:
-  - job: ExplorationMerge
-    pool:
-      vmImage: Ubuntu-16.04
-    steps:
-      - task: NodeTool@0
-        inputs:
-          versionSpec: "10.15.1"
-
-      - script: |
-          set -e
-
-          cat << EOF > ~/.netrc
-          machine mssqltools.visualstudio.com
-          login azuredatastudio
-          password $(DEVOPS_PASSWORD)
-          EOF
-
-          git config user.email "andresse@microsoft.com"
-          git config user.name "AzureDataStudio"
-
-          git remote add explore "$ADS_EXPLORE_REPO"
-          git fetch explore
-
-          git checkout -b merge-branch explore/master
-
-          git merge origin/master
-
-          git push explore HEAD:master
-
-        displayName: Sync & Merge Explore
-        env:
-          ADS_EXPLORE_REPO: $(ADS_EXPLORE_REPO)
-          DEVOPS_PASSWORD: $(DEVOPS_PASSWORD)