Early next year, Red Hat OpenShift users will be able to deploy Windows containers alongside Linux containers.
Starting in early 2021, Windows containers will be supported on Red Hat OpenShift. This will make things easier for companies using Linux and Windows in a multi-cloud infrastructure, as it means that Windows servers won't be forced into their own separate silos that require separate management. Windows containers will be able to be fired up on Windows servers and managed by the same OpenShift Kubernetes that's orchestrating the rest of the system.
This new support for Windows containers on OpenShift will give IT teams the ability to manage both Linux and Windows-based containerized workloads side-by-side through the same dashboard and eliminate the need for parallel software stacks for Windows instances in hybrid clouds dominated by Linux servers – important in a world where containerized workloads have become the rule rather than the exception.