Azure has done the same, using the open source Docker Registry 2.0 as the basis for its own container registry, compliant with Open Container Initiative.

Microsoft will expand it cloud container management portfolio when it introduces a preview release of its private container image repository on Nov. 16.

The “container as a service” lets you rapidly create and launch containerized applications, including from Kubernetes, without any overhead and with an easily scriptable set of commands Azure ...

Microsoft has lately been pushing container development big-time for its Azure cloud. The company has published much new documentation for using containers in the past week or so across many different ...

In a related announcement, Microsoft is previewing a new Azure Container Registry Geo Replication service, which lets users use a single registry by just clicking on an Azure map.

Microsoft Azure becomes the first public cloud to support all the mainstream container orchestration engines including Docker Swarm, Mesosphere DC/OS, and Kubernetes.

Solidifying its software container stance, Microsoft has announced the "very first service of its kind in the cloud" called Azure Container Instances. A preview for Linux containers is now available.

Recently appointed Azure CTO Mark Russinovich spells out Microsoft's espousal of the container cause on its cloud computing platform and his reservations about Docker security.

Kubernetes is generally available for use with Azure Container Service, Microsoft’s managed cloud container hosting offering, as of Tuesday. ACS support for Kubernetes comes along with the ...