Microsoft's announcement back in October that it has partnered with Docker to enable Linux containers to run in Windows was an important step forward for enabling what promises to be the next wave in ...

Back in June, Microsoft announced that it would bring support for managing Docker containers with the help of Google’s open-source Kubernetes tool to Azure and today, it is making good on this promise ...

Links with Docker, work on Google's Kubernetes project, and its own use of Drawbridge all underline Microsoft's enthusiasm for containers, according to new Azure CTO Mark Russinovich. But despite ...

When Docker sold off its enterprise division to Mirantis last fall, that didn’t mark the end of the company. In fact, Docker still exists and has refocused as a cloud-native developer tools vendor.

Microsoft and Docker announced today that the two companies have forged a partnership targeted at bringing support for containerized applications to Microsoft’s products. The partnership will be ...

Before year-end, Microsoft will make available to testers a preview version of a new Azure Container Service which will bring together Apache Mesos, Docker and Azure. The new Container Service is just ...

Docker this week released a public beta of Docker for Azure. Update 12/14: This article was updated to attribute announcements to Docker, not Microsoft. Previously, Docker for Azure was at the private ...

Ten to one, when any cloud vendor rolls out new features, it’s to flank the competition. Containers? Check. Key management? Yep, we have that too! The latest set of Microsoft Azure features, though, ...

Microsoft’s romance with containers started in last June when it announced support for Docker extensions for Linux VMs running on Azure. Since then Redmond has been steadily making progress with its ...

In a major move that bodes well for IT organizations that need to support applications that run in both Linux and Windows environments, Microsoft today announced it will support containers from Docker ...