Introduction
Learn about Kubernetes, containers, container orchestration, and Kubernetes orchestration in Windows Server 2019. Also learn the process for deploying a Kubernetes cluster on Windows and describe how to use Azure Arc for Kubernetes.
Scenario
Contoso, Ltd. is a financial services company in Seattle with major offices located throughout the world. Most of its compute environment runs on-premises on Windows Server. This includes virtualized workloads on Windows Server 2016 hosts.
Contoso IT staff are migrating Contoso on-premises servers to Windows Server 2019. As part of the migration, your developers have started using containers in their development pipelines to provide more efficient development and testing practices. You’re also investigating running production workloads in containers.
As a Windows Server administrator, you need to determine what options are available for running multiple container workloads on Windows server 2019 and how best to orchestrate and schedule their use. After completing this module, you’ll understand how to accomplish these tasks.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe container orchestration.
- Describe Kubernetes.
- Describe how to create a Kubernetes cluster.
- Describe Azure Arc for Kubernetes.
Prerequisites
To get the best learning experience from this module, you should have knowledge and experience of:
- Windows Server.
- Working with virtualization technologies, including containers.