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, ...

Microsoft released a preview of Windows Server Containers on the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The preview of Windows containers on AKS is a milestone of sorts because it means that IT pros can now ...

Containers have been all the rage in the open source world for a number of years, but noticeably absent from Windows until now. In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft released its own container ...

When it comes to building distributed applications at scale, containers have become the logical deployment tool. They let you wrap up code at a service level, keeping your application separate from ...

Move over, Docker, and make room for Microsoft in the emerging market for software containers. Microsoft has released a technical preview of the first publicly available version of Windows Server ...

In front of a crowd at this week's DockerCon 2017 in Austin, Texas, Microsoft showed off a new Linux container that runs on Windows Server 2016. The move would break down a fundamental wall in ...

When you think of containers, it's easy to think of Linux first. Most containers and container workflows are built on Linux, and for obvious reasons. Linux starts faster, takes up less space on disk ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft has announced that new previews of Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 are both ...

Microsoft’s efforts to trim the size of its Windows Server Core containers is yielding results. Windows Server Core, along with Windows Nano Server, are a slimmed-down version of the operating system ...