Linux containers started the trend using Docker container technology, but now Windows containers adds another option. AKS uses Kubernetes, an open source container orchestration service originally ...

Azure Linux is Microsoft’s commercial distribution of CBL-Mariner, an open-source Linux distribution, created by Microsoft, and now generally available as a container host OS for AKS.

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the 'general availability' (GA) commercial release of Windows Server containers for use with the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).