Before you start using Windows Containers, you need to understand their purpose. In this section, we'll look at the pros and cons of using containers, and which scenarios are beneficial so that we can move from classic virtual machines to containers.
An introduction to containers
Understanding the concept of containers
The history of containers started a long time ago but as a concept, it was adopted by Microsoft in Windows Server 2016. The main purpose of containers is to provide an isolated environment for an application. The space used by containers is completely separated from other containers or operations on the operating system, so containerized applications will not affect other applications, nor will be they...
