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title: About Docker EE
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description: Information about Docker Enterprise Edition
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keywords: enterprise, enterprise edition, ee, docker ee, docker enterprise edition, lts, commercial, cs engine
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Docker Enterprise Edition (*Docker EE*) is designed for enterprise
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development and IT teams who build, ship, and run business-critical
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applications in production and at scale. Docker EE is integrated, certified,
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and supported to provide enterprises with the most secure container platform
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in the industry. For more info about Docker EE, including purchasing
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options, see [Docker Enterprise Edition](https://www.docker.com/enterprise-edition/).
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The free Docker products continue to be available as the Docker Community
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Edition (*Docker CE*).
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## Supported platforms
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The following table shows all of the platforms that are available for Docker EE.
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Each link in the first column takes you to the installation
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instructions for the corresponding platform. Docker EE is an integrated,
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supported, and certified container platform for the listed cloud providers and
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operating systems.
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{% include docker_platform_matrix.md %}
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## Docker EE feature tiers
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Docker EE is available in three tiers:
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- **Basic:** The Docker platform for certified infrastructure, with support
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from Docker Inc. and certified containers and plugins from Docker Store.
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- **Standard:** Adds advanced image and container management, LDAP/AD user
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integration, and role-based access control. Together, these features
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comprise Docker Enterprise Edition.
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- **Advanced:** Adds
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[Docker Security Scanning](https://blog.docker.com/2016/05/docker-security-scanning/)
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and continuous vulnerability monitoring.
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## Docker Enterprise Edition release cycles
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Docker EE is released quarterly. Releases use a time-based versioning
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scheme, so for example, Docker EE version 17.03 was released
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in March 2017. For schedule details, see
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[Time-based release schedule](/engine/installation/#time-based-release-schedule).
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Each Docker EE release is supported and maintained for one year and
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receives security and critical bug fixes during this period.
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The Docker API version is independent of the Docker platform version. The API
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version doesn't change from Docker 1.13.1 to Docker 17.03. We maintain
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careful API backward compatibility and deprecate APIs and features slowly and
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conservatively. We remove features after deprecating them for a period of
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three stable releases. Docker 1.13 introduced improved interoperability
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between clients and servers using different API versions, including dynamic
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feature negotiation.
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## Upgrades and support
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If you're a Docker DDC or CS Engine customer, you don't need to upgrade to
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Docker EE to continue to get support. We will continue to support customers
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with valid subscriptions whether the subscription covers Docker EE or
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Commercially Supported Docker. You can choose to stay with your current
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deployed version, or you can upgrade to the latest Docker EE version. For
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more info, see [Scope of Coverage and Maintenance
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Lifecycle](https://success.docker.com/Policies/Scope_of_Support).
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