According to Windocks, it has taken this approach because customers need a solution that fully supports SQL Server databases in addition to letting them modernise their software stack with containers, ...

For example, you might build out a Docker container that “contains” a SQL Server database engine, IIS, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and all of the reports that run off of that container.

Microsoft today is announcing new capabilities for running applications in containers — an alternative to more traditional virtual machines — both on its Azure public cloud and in companies ...