The latest preview of Windows Server shows a new level of support for Docker and hints at Microsoft's overall ambitions with containers Microsoft developers hungry for their first taste of ...

When most people think of application containers – one of the most popular new trends in how software is built and run by developers – they associate the technology very closely with Linux. Now, ...

Docker is a widely used developer tool that first simplifies the assembly of an application stack (docker build), then allows for the rapid distribution of the resulting executabl ...

Specifically, it's a toolkit to assemble custom Linux subsystems with the initial intention to create a more native experience for Windows and Mac macOS desktops and cloud platforms. This program was ...

When Microsoft launched its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) back in 2018, it was very clear why: It wanted to provide tools for developers building modern cloud applications. Microsoft needed a way ...

Docker container support will be part of the next release of Microsoft's Windows Server, officials from Microsoft and Docker Inc. announced on October 15. Microsoft is building "new container ...

In a major move that bodes well for IT organizations that need to support applications that run in both Linux and Windows environments, Microsoft today announced it will support containers from Docker ...

In perhaps its greatest embrace of the open source Linux community to date, Microsoft is teaming up with Docker to develop Docker containers that will run on the next version of Windows Server, the ...