Once setup running Windows in a docker container allows for easy customization of resources allocated to the Windows virtual machine, including CPU cores, RAM, and disk size.

Running Apps in Docker, Part 4: Deploy Different App Versions with Docker Compose Tom explains that most multi-tiered apps are dynamic and deployed in multiple locations so their components also will ...

If you want to run your first Docker Windows Server container, you need to first install the required roles and features, and then pull the container.

From there the guide touches on installing Docker within a Debian Linux system. But where it really shines is demonstrating how to use Docker Compose to configure a container and get it running.

While Docker Compose is normally used for development and testing, it can also be used for deploying production applications. For the sake of this tutorial, I concentrate on dev-and-test scenarios.

Docker has realized that Microsoft's new Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 has made Windows much more attractive both to Docker and its container developers for both Windows and Linux platforms.

From there the guide touches on installing Docker within a Debian Linux system. But where it really shines is demonstrating how to use Docker Compose to configure a container and get it running.