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With the release of Rancher upon 1.3.0 version, Windows 2016 Datacenter with Container can provide the experimental support of Rancher. May I know whether there is any way that we can work with Rancher on Windows 2016 Standard version?

FlyingBear
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Docker for Windows and Docker for Windows Server are very different things with similar names.

Docker for Windows creates a Linux Hyper-V VM on your PC and runs normal Docker and Docker containers. https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/

Docker for Windows Server runs Windows containers on a port of the Docker engine to Windows. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick-start/quick-start-windows-server

The Rancher support is for Windows containers on Docker for Windows Server. Also I believe even Docker for Windows requires Windows 10 Pro or similar, not Standard.

Vincent Fiduccia
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  • Thank you very much @Vincent. Then, may I check with you about another question? I know that 'Windows 2016 Datacenter with Container' is a specific product. However, I may wonder whether it can be replaced or the same as Windows 2016 Datacenter in which I setup Docker? – FlyingBear Jan 26 '17 at 09:08