It's here! It's here! Server 2016 and Containers!

At App Gap, we do a lot of virtualization.  That includes P2V (physical 2 virtual), V2V (virtual to virtual), tuning, replication, backup, etc...you get the picture. 

It isn't unusual to P2V six servers onto 1 physical Hyper-V server. 

But Containers!! Well, "Containers" are THE next evolution of virtualization.  Containers will allow for EVEN MORE efficient use of hardware! Think dozens of Containers (virtual machines) on 1 physical server!

So what does that mean for my Windows Server environment?  Well... guess what! Container support is built into Windows Server 2016!

Microsoft has a great 5 minute read on Containers, here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/about/about_overview

Then, take another minute, and at least check out the picture on this page, and read the paragraph above it, to get a quick understanding:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/containers-docker-windows-and-trends/

And for you hard core types, 'Docker' is what started it all:

https://www.docker.com/whatisdocker