Windows
Windows Containers
Windows containers package applications with Windows user-space dependencies and run using a compatible Windows host. Process isolation shares the host kernel; Hyper-V isolation provides a separate optimized virtual machine boundary for the container.
Why it matters
Host compatibility and isolation mode determine which Windows container workloads can run.
Practical example
Check host and container image compatibility before moving a Windows build into a container.
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