Microsoft and Docker recently announced the expansion of their partnership, bringing Docker to Windows Server and Azure.

What is Docker?

There are a number of use cases that make Docker excited and valuable to organizations

• Automating the packaging and deployment of applications
• Creation of lightweight, private PaaS environments
• Automated testing and continuous integration/deployment
• Deploying and scaling web apps, databases and backend services

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Microsoft just recently announced the release of Windows Server 2012.  You can find more on this announcement here ( microsoft.com/ws2012 ).

I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the improvements in Server 2012, specifically around virtualization.  It is a fair statement that Microsoft has been playing a catch up game with virtualization over the first few years of the product existance.

That changed significantly, with Hyper-V on Server 2008, when customers saw an enterprise class hypervisor emerge.  It further improved with the release of Windows Server 2008 R2.   And now…with additions to Hyper-V on Server 2012, Microsoft is leading the industry in hypervisor specifications.  Have a look:

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Windows Server 2012 Standard/Datacenter Editions with Hyper-V Enabled

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*= Industry Leading