Docker Images are the transportable component of containers and provide a template that describes what each container looks like. There are two base Docker images provided by Microsoft, Windows Server 2016 Core and Nano, which can be used as a starting point for your containers.
Last Update: Nov 14, 2023
Docker is a popular software platform that developers can use to run applications inside a lightweight environment known as a Docker container. You can run Docker containers using standard Docker images found on the Docker hub. However, you can also use a Dockerfile to create a Docker image with a specific configuration. In this article,…
Microsoft has officially supported running SQL Server in a container since SQL Server 2017. Today, most support is for SQL Server on Linux containers, and Microsoft only supports SQL Server 2022 on Linux containers for production workloads. In this article, I’ll show you how to configure SQL Server Docker containers on Linux. Why would you…
Last Update: May 22, 2023
Looking to create a Linux container in Windows 10? Russell shows you how with easy step-by-step instructions.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install Docker on Ubuntu 22.04 and detail what you need to get started with containers and images. How to Install Docker on Ubuntu 22.04 We’re going to install the latest stable version of Docker from the official repository. However, before we proceed, we need to update our…
The Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) is a cross-platform command line tool allowing IT pros to connect to Azure services and execute administrative commands within the tenant. After installing the Azure CLI locally, you can execute commands using the terminal of your choice. In this article, we’re going to detail how to download, install, and get…
DevOps Pipelines help you to deliver new features in your apps fast! In this article, I will explain what DevOps pipelines are, phases in a pipeline, and the different components. I’ll also cover what you need to understand before building a DevOps pipeline of your own, along with the build process. DevOps has revolutionized the contemporary IT…
Microsoft recently announced the first preview of Windows Server 2022, and some of its new features, at Ignite at the beginning of March. In this article, we will look at new container options in the upcoming version of Windows Server. Microsoft is adding new features to Windows Server 2022 to help organizations accelerate application modernization….
Microsoft announces 40% smaller Server Core container images coming in the 20H1 timeframe.
While it is easy to grasp the basic idea of how containers work and how they differ from virtual machines (VM), understanding container images and layers is a bit more complicated.