Unlike Windows Server containers, Hyper-V containers place the host OS kernel inside of a Hyper-V VM. Thus multiple host OS kernels can be used in parallel, and isolated from one another through ...

Microsoft released the third Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview that introduces containers based on Docker Engine as well as other new features including upgrades to Active Directory, RDS ...

Operating Windows Server containers is, as it should be, identical to operating Linux containers. It’s the underlying container OS that’s different, not AKS or Kubernetes, or even Azure’s ...

Microsoft this week announced that a new type of Linux container that runs on Windows Server 2016 will be coming soon. The move, which was unveiled at this week's DockerCon 2017 in Austin, Texas ...

Windows Server 2016 users also will have the option of running what Microsoft is calling Hyper-V containers. These are Docker-manageable containers that will be powered by Microsoft's Hyper-V ...

The only real difference is that Windows Server Container runs on Microsoft’s proprietary operating system, rather than Linux – which means apps specifically designed for Windows Server and ...

With this release, Microsoft is not positioning Windows Server Containers as an outright competitor to the Docker container, but rather as a complementary technology. “A huge number of our ...

The Fort Collins, Colo.-based company's software is a lightweight 8.5 MB server installation that offers a native alternative to Linux-based Docker containers. At the same time, Microsoft and Docker ...

Microsoft today released Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview build 17738. It includes a couple of new features like host device access for containers and SDN high performance gateways.

With Windows Server a key element in Microsoft’s edge compute strategy, it’s an important role for Windows Server as both host and container OS.

Containers are a hot technology, and the one currently burning brightest is Docker; it's the default starting point for admins considering using containers in their enterprise. But as with any new ...