Manage and secure containerized Windows applications with Docker Enterprise for Windows Server and operate them in parallel with Linux-based containers on the Docker Enterprise container platform.

Docker Engine - Enterprise is available at no additional cost to all Windows Server 2025 customers, and native Windows applications have access to the same advanced container management features as Linux-based applications including image scanning, overlay networking, and Secret management.

Docker works the same way on Windows as it does on Linux: leverage the same Docker CLI, API, image format, and Docker registry services for both Windows and Linux images in the same cluster. This standard interface provides a consistent Docker experience across any platform and enables the support of hybrid Windows and Linux applications.

This solution is Windows Server 2025 running the Docker Enterprise Engine

Docker Features

• Lightweight containers spin up fast and optimally use system resources
• Eliminate conflicts of different versions of IIS/.NET to coexist on a single system with container isolation
• Take advantage of new Docker Certified Container base images like Windows Server Core and Nano Server
• Consistent user experience: use the same commands as Docker for Linux environments
• Manage and secure containerized Windows applications in the same cluster as Linux applications
• Subscription tiers give Windows applications the same advanced container management features as Linux-based applications including image scanning, overlay networking, and Secrets management
• Added isolation properties with Hyper-V containers selected at runtime

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