Deploying a container to Azure

This is an interesting topic to be putting in a book about Windows Server 2019. Why are we talking about Microsoft Azure suddenly? What even is Azure? Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform, similar to Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform. As it's run by Microsoft, it is heavily focused on the Windows side of things. I'm including it here because containers are often a gateway into cloud services. If you have containers running well on-premises, why not try running them in Azure instead? Especially if these are internet-facing services. The opposite might also be true – you might have containers running in Azure that you want to move on-premises.

It's important to note that Azure is not free. Azure does offer free trials and credits, but if you're not careful, you might end up with some charges on your account. Because of that, I'm not going to be taking you through the process of signing up for Azure in this...