In-Depth Docker's Close Integration with Windows Server Windows Server 2016 TP4 and TP5 now support Docker containers.

Docker says the new apps, meant for developers who wish to build, assemble and ship applications on Windows or Mac, are “the simplest way to use Docker on your laptop”.

Windows Server 2016, due out next month, will gain new capabilities thanks to its inclusion of the commercially supported Docker Engine at no additional cost, said Ben Golub, Docker’s CEO, at ...

Not only does Docker now run on Windows, but Microsoft and Docker Inc. also have a commercial support and distribution agreement for Docker.

The container technology company has made its tools that allow for streamlining the process of spinning up and managing Docker containers on Windows and Mac environments generally available.

If you are a beginner and getting started with Containerization & tools like Docker, then this post shows how to set up & use Docker Desktop on Windows.

If you want to run your first Docker Windows Server container, you need to first install the required roles and features, and then pull the container.

Microsoft already announced that it would use the Docker Engine for handling containers on Windows Server 2016.