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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…

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…

On this edition of the Enterprise Dish with Rick Vanover, he drops a few tips for staying productive while traveling, thinking outside the box to help triage outages while on the road, and Brad plays with Docker.

Microsoft and Docker have teamed up to create an open source, cloud-agnostic specification for packaging and running distributed applications.

Looking to create a Linux container in Windows 10? Russell shows you how with easy step-by-step instructions.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at Microsoft SQL Server 2017 being available for the first time on Windows, Linux, and Docker and what this means for DevOps and database admins.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks in detail at the mechanics of how Linux containers will be supported in Windows Server 2016.

Learn how to get started quickly with Windows Containers and Docker with a little bit of help from Microsoft Azure.

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.

Find out how to deploy an image to a container in Windows Server 2016, create a new image, and upload it to Docker.

Russell Smith shows you how to quickly deploy Windows Server containers using Docker in the latest technical preview.