Chapter 11. Application Containers and Docker

Many of the new technologies included in Windows Server 2016 are designed to reflect capabilities provided by cloud computing, bringing your private clouds to life and granting the ability to produce within your own physical infrastructure the same solutions given to you by public cloud providers. The last few iterations of the server operating system have also revolved much around virtualization, and the idea of application containers is something that taps into both of these mindsets. Application containers are going to make the deployment of applications more streamlined, more secure, and more efficient. Containers is a relatively new idea in the Microsoft world, and I haven’t heard many IT admins talking about it yet, but that will soon change. This is something that has been enhancing Linux computing for a while now, and this newest Windows Server operating system brings it a little bit closer to home for us Microsoft-centric shops.

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