After his introductory series, Tom Fenton deploys a database on Docker and integrates it with other apps deployed from other Docker images.

Microsoft is building new container technologies into the next Windows Server release, enabling Dockerized applications to run on Windows Server on-premises or on Azure.

Running Applications in Docker, Part 2: Table Joins in PostgreSQL Tom demos table joins, shell scripts for repetitive tasks and using "exec" to run commands inside a container from the host system.

Docker has realized that Microsoft's new Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 has made Windows much more attractive both to Docker and its container developers for both Windows and Linux platforms.

The news comes after Microsoft launched support for Linux-based Docker containers on Azure earlier this year. The company has been working to make a number of key cloud service partnerships over ...

With support for Windows Server 2008 ending in 2020, Docker is encouraging enterprises to use the event as an opportunity to modernize apps with its container management platform.