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title: About Docker Enterprise
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description: Information about Docker Enterprise 2.1
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keywords: Docker Enterprise, enterprise, enterprise edition, ee, docker ee, docker enterprise edition, lts, commercial, cs engine
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- /enterprise/supported-platforms/
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---
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Docker Enterprise is designed for enterprise development as well as IT teams who build, ship, and run business-critical
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applications in production and at scale. Docker Enterprise 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 Enterprise, including purchasing
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options, see [Docker Enterprise](https://www.docker.com/enterprise-edition/).
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> Compatibility Matrix
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>
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> Refer to the [Compatibility Matrix](https://success.docker.com/article/compatibility-matrix) for the latest list of supported platforms.
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{: .important}
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## Docker EE tiers
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{% include docker_ce_ee.md %}
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> Note
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>
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> Starting with Docker Enterprise 2.1, Docker Enterprise --- Basic, Docker Enterprise --- Standard,
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> and Docker Enterprise --- Advanced are all now called Docker Enterprise.
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### Docker Enterprise
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With Docker Enterprise, you can deploy Docker Engine --- Enterprise
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to manage your container workloads in a flexible way. You can manage workloads
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on Windows, Linux, on site, or on the cloud.
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Docker Enterprise has private image management, integrated image signing policies, and cluster
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management with support for Kubernetes and Swarm orchestrators. It allows you to implement
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node-based RBAC policies, image promotion policies, image mirroring, and
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scan your images for vulnerabilities. It also has support with defined SLAs and extended
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maintenance cycles for patches for up to 24 months.
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### New Licensing for Docker Enterprise
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In version 18.09, the Docker Enterprise --- Engine is aware of the license applied on the system. The
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license summary is available in the `docker info` output on standalone or manager nodes.
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For EE platform customers, when you license UCP, this same license is applied to the underlying
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engines in the cluster. Docker recommends platform customers use UCP to manage their license.
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Standalone EE engines can be licensed using `docker engine activate`.
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Offline activation of standalone EE engines can be performed by downloading the license and
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using the command `docker engine activate --license filename.lic`.
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Additionally, Docker is now distributing the CLI as a separate installation package.
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This gives Enterprise users the ability to install as many CLI packages as needed
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without using the Engine node licenses for client-only systems.
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[Learn more about Docker Enterprise](/ee/index.md).
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> When using Docker Enterprise
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>
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> IBM Power is not supported as managers or workers.
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> Microsoft Windows Server is not supported as a manager. Microsoft Windows
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> Server 1803 is not supported as a worker.
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### Docker Certified Infrastructure
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Docker Certified Infrastructure is Docker’s prescriptive approach to deploying
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Docker Enterprise on a range of infrastructure choices. Each Docker
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Certified Infrastructure includes a reference architecture, automation templates,
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and third-party ecosystem solution briefs.
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| Platform | Docker Enterprise Edition |
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|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-------------------------:|
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| [VMware](https://success.docker.com/article/certified-infrastructures-vmware-vsphere) | {{ page.green-check }} |
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| [Amazon Web Services](https://success.docker.com/article/certified-infrastructures-aws) | {{ page.green-check }} |
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| [Microsoft Azure](https://success.docker.com/article/certified-infrastructures-azure) | {{ page.green-check }} |
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| IBM Cloud | Coming soon |
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## Docker Enterprise release cycles
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Each Docker Enterprise release is supported and maintained for 24 months, 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. 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 Enterprise 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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## Where to go next
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- [Install Docker](/engine/installation/index.md)
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- [Get Started with Docker](/get-started/index.md)
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