Containerized applications are commonly used nowadays. Since Server 2016, containers can be used on Windows Server as well, due to its new containers feature. With container engines such as Docker and clustered container services such as Docker Swarm or Kubernetes, you can provide your developers with a great infrastructure that they can deploy their containerized application on.
This recipe, however, will show you how to get started with Docker so that you can create your own containers. While this example will host a simple web service, you could also use containers to host the DSC Pull Server, among others.