Could I use docker or something similar to deploy windows application?

Question

I am running a game on Windows, and it requires every OS can only run one. And If I want to run more, currently I open vmware and run the game inside. But the problem is it takes too much memory and disk to run a whole another virtual OS. I know docker will reduce this, but it doesn't seem to support Windows.

Am I right? If so, any other solutions?

Answer 1

Docker uses LXC (linux containers) so cannot run a Windows operating system.

You can use docker on Windows using a boot2docker VM, but this is not the same as docker running a Windows operating system (your containers will run unix based operating systems inside the boot2docker VM).

To do what you're after, you'll need to use separate VMs.