Why AWS for Windows containers?
A lot of people ask me: Marcio, why should I choose AWS to run Windows containers if Microsoft is the one that built and owns the technology? I prefer to let you choose a cloud provider that addresses your needs and requirements based on your due diligence. In this first topic, we’ll learn about the pace of innovation around Windows containers on AWS.
AWS started supporting Windows containers in December 2017. From there, it learned about the technology, hired experts in the subject, and launched over 11 features and services in almost 5 years. The following list contains the most notable launches around Windows containers, with a drastic increase in pace in 2022:
- Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) support for Windows, December 2017: AWS started supporting Amazon ECS with Windows Server 2016 and Docker 17.06 Enterprise.
- Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) support for Windows, October 2019: AWS started supporting Amazon EKS...