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    Docker Container Apps Hit the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

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    Pedro Hernandez
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    June 24, 2015
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      A year after dipping its toes into the virtual application container waters, Microsoft has launched a new, curated Container Apps category in the Azure Marketplace.

      “This is a super simple ‘getting started’ experience for deploying single and multi-container Dockerized applications utilizing Azure Resource Manager templates and the new Docker Extension,” blogged Microsoft Azure Marketplace Vybava Ramadoss, on June 23 as the DockerCon user conference in San Francisco was winding down. “Prior to today’s announcement, you needed to launch Docker on an Ubuntu Server to deploy Docker Host and then run containers on the Azure Virtual Machine.”

      “Click the ‘+ New’ and select ‘Container Apps’ in the Create blade,” Ramadoss said. “Container Apps showcases a handful of Official Repositories from Docker Hub. You can jump straight to the deployment flow with one click.”

      In addition to streamlining the process of deploying container apps on the cloud, the move represents another step in the rapid mainstreaming of the technology. Docker has grown so popular, so fast that even bitter rivals are gathering behind the technology and its open-source competitors.

      On June 22, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Open Container Project (OCP), an influential alliance tasked with advancing Docker, CoreOS and other open-source container platforms. Besides the Linux Foundation, the OCP’s founding members include Docker Inc., CoreOS, Amazon Web Services, Cisco, EMC, Google, HP, IBM and Microsoft, among other tech giants.

      “As part of OCP, Microsoft and a broad group of other cloud industry leaders are coming together to create and establish common standards for software containers,” Corey Sanders, director of program management for Microsoft Azure, said in a statement. “We’re totally jazzed about OCP and excited to be part of this project. Look for more to come from this in the coming months.”

      Microsoft also unveiled the addition of the Docker Trusted Registry VM [virtual machine] image into the Azure Marketplace, an “enterprise-ready Docker repository, behind the firewall, on an enterprise-ready public cloud,” said Sanders. Separately, Microsoft and Docker are working on container app portability.

      Sanders noted that during DockerCon, Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO, demoed the first multi-platform container app, offering attendees a glimpse of how the technology can potentially make turf wars a thing of the past.

      “Built, shipped and running using Docker, this container application is the first in the industry to work across both Windows Server and Linux,” said Sanders. “We want to bring you broad choice and flexibility for building your apps, combining Windows Server and Linux containers with Docker Compose and Docker Swarm, to offer a truly cross-platform experience.”

      And while Microsoft is on a cloud-first trajectory of late, Docker support will also extend to its on-premises Windows Server OS. “When we release Docker containers, Docker Swarm, and Docker Compose support on Windows Server, we will bring together customers and community to offer the most complete container experience, spanning tooling, operating system and cloud platform, all so you can deploy cross-platform applications simply and easily,” Sanders pledged.

      Pedro Hernandez
      Pedro Hernandez is a contributor to eWEEK and the IT Business Edge Network, the network for technology professionals. Previously, he served as a managing editor for the Internet.com network of IT-related websites and as the Green IT curator for GigaOM Pro.

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