Preface
Hello there! Windows containers adoption has been increasing over the past years because today, companies need to deploy, coexist, integrate, and maintain two parallel environments in their current IT footprint:
- Modern infrastructure comprises serverless, containers, IaC, GitOps, and DevSecOps and usually lives in the cloud
- Legacy infrastructure comprises technologies that usually power their most critical workload in the company but rely on virtual machines and bare metal servers
There are many rumors about full stack modernization, but the actual reality is that legacy infrastructure will continue to exist for years to come for many reasons. Therefore, professionals looking to help their company succeed with the cloud and modern infrastructure adoption will need to know when and how to blend the legacy and the modern infrastructure to reduce cost and achieve operational excellence. Windows containers play a crucial role in this space, allowing companies to reduce costs by moving applications from the legacy to the modern infrastructure, with low code change and offering a better application per server ratio, thereby decreasing Windows Server license costs in the long term.
