diff --git a/install/windows/ee-preview.md b/install/windows/ee-preview.md deleted file mode 100644 index 876b1c0ece..0000000000 --- a/install/windows/ee-preview.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ ---- -description: How to install Docker on Windows Server 1709 and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update -keywords: Windows, Windows Server, install, download, Docker EE, preview, Windows 1709 -title: Preview Docker for Windows Server 1709 and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update -redirect_from: -- /engine/installation/windows/ee-preview/ ---- - -Windows versions released in the fall of 2017 (Windows Server 1709 and Windows -10 Fall Creators Update for server and client respectively) contain improvements -that improve the experience of running Docker on Windows. Enhancements include: - - * Docker ingress mode service publishing and virtual-IP based service discovery - * Mounting container-host named pipes into Windows containers - * Smaller Windows container base images - * Linux containers on Windows - -Check out the -[blog post announcement for details](https://blog.docker.com/2017/09/docker-windows-server-1709/) -on use-cases for these new features. - -## Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - -Windows 10 users can take advantage of the new Windows features by -[installing Docker CE _Edge_ for Windows 10](/docker-for-windows/install/). Edge -comes with the latest Docker platform builds that support the new Windows features. - -## Windows Server 1709 - -The latest version of Docker Enterprise Edition Basic is 17.06 and Docker EE -17.06 is the recommended way to run Docker containers on Windows Server 1709 in -production. Unfortunately, Docker Universal Control plane does not support -managing Windows Server 1709 workers yet. Only Docker EE Basic is supported on -Windows Server 1709. - -Docker EE 17.06 does not support improved networking (ingress and virtual-IP -based service discovery), named pipe mounting nor Linux containers on Windows -Server 1709 (it does benefit from the smaller base images). For users that want -to test these new Windows features with Docker, Docker Inc. makes available -preview builds of Docker EE. These can be installed from the `preview` channel -using the standard PowerShell installation method: - - Install-Module DockerProvider - Install-Package Docker -ProviderName DockerProvider -RequiredVersion preview - -Again, Docker Universal Control Plane does not work on Windows Server 1709 -whether running Docker EE 17.06 or Docker EE preview. - -## FAQ - -### Image compatibility - -Windows container base images are not compatible between Windows Server 2016 and -Windows Server 1709 (except that Windows Server 1709 can run Windows Server 2016 -based images when using Hyper-V isolation - but not the other way around). Check -the following Microsoft compatibility docs for details. - -- [Version compatibility](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/version-compatibility) -- [System requirements](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/system-requirements)