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3 months ago Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers is now in public preview on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). To learn more, visit: aka.ms/aks/windowsannualchannel.
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3 months ago Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers is now in public preview on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). To learn more, visit: aka.ms/aks/windowsannualchannel.
Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers is now available. However, it's not currently supported on AKS. See documentation for Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers.
The goal of this new release is to provide an experience optimized for Windows Server host for Kubernetes and Windows Server container customers. WS2019 and WS2022 will still be supported.
One of the first big features of the annual channel is portability. Portability addresses a key difference between Windows and Linux containers, which can delay customers’ accessing the latest Windows Server features due to the fact that Windows containers previously required that workloads have matching container image versions. For example, Windows Server 2019 process-isolated containers cannot run on a Windows Server 2022 host.
The new portability functionality will enable Windows Server 2022-based container image OS to run on newer versions of Windows Server host OS such as the new annual channel release. This support will enable customers and container services like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to provide updated container host versions of Windows Server on a frequent basis without requiring customers to update their containers, much like Linux does already.