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Create and Run a Windows Server Container Image on Windows Server

This lab walks through the process of creating a Windows Server container image and running the image on Windows Server.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 19, 2025
Duration
45m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Install Docker on VM1
    1. Install the Docker runtime with the following command:

      Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/Windows-Containers/Main/helpful_tools/Install-DockerCE/install-docker-ce.ps1" -o install-docker-ce.ps1
      .\install-docker-ce.ps1
      
  2. Challenge

    Create a Dockerfile
    1. Create a Dockerfile using Visual Studio Code with the following instructions:

      FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022
      RUN powershell.exe -command Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server
      ADD "https://dotnetbinaries.blob.core.windows.net/servicemonitor/2.0.1.10/ServiceMonitor.exe" "C:\\ServiceMonitor.exe"
      WORKDIR c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot
      COPY index.html index.html
      EXPOSE 80
      ENTRYPOINT ["C:\\ServiceMonitor.exe", "w3svc"]
      
    2. Create an index.html file in the working directory and include some HTML content in that file, for example:

      <h1>Hello from Docker!</h1>
      
  3. Challenge

    Build Your Container Image

    Build your container image using your Dockerfile.

  4. Challenge

    Run Your Container Image

    Run your container image.

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