Laravel 5 using ms sqlsrv (PHP7.0 fpm, Ubuntu 16.04)

laravelSqlsrv.txt

Install some packages according to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/developer-get-started/php-ubuntu (MS SqlServer optional)
You will find 'Could not find driver' when using artisan command, need:
apt-get install php7.0-sybase

The most important step:
vi /etc/freetds/freetds.conf 
in [Global] section:
        # TDS protocol version
        tds version = 7.0
        client charset = UTF-8
now service php7.0-fpm restart