Microsoft also has an Azure Container Service for hosting containers, but it does require setting up virtual machines to use it. The decision to use one service over the other -- Azure Container ...

The Virtual Kubelet is an open source alternative to Microsoft's Azure Container Instances Connector for Kubernetes solution. "With Virtual Kubelet support, ACI also realizes the vision of a ...

Microsoft's new Azure Container Instances service allows users to set up containers without having to manage virtual machines. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor July 26, 2017, 8 ...

“ACI is like a VM — but a container,” he said. Another feature of ACI that Monroy highlighted was the built-in isolation, something you’d usually get by default with a virtual machine.

Containers are already attractive to developers because they spin up much faster than virtual machines, but Microsoft said ACI is “the fastest and easiest way to run a container in the cloud ...

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Containers can be pulled from various sources – Docker Hub, the Azure Container Registry, or a private repository – and deployed from the CLI or by way of an Azure template.

Solidifying its software container stance, Microsoft has announced the "very first service of its kind in the cloud" called Azure Container Instances. A preview for Linux containers is now available.