Conference:  KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023

Authors: Jay Vyas, Claudiu Belu, Mark Rossetti, Pramita Gautam

2023-04-19

In this maintainer track talk we'll cover what is new with SIG-Windows and will provide updates on our ongoing projects such as HostProcessContainers, WindowsServiceProxy, perf testing and more!

Conference:  KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022

Authors: Jay Vyas, Claudiu Belu, Mark Rossetti, Brandon Smith

2022-05-18

Running Kubernetes on Windows is increasingly a viable production strategy for complex applications in multitenant environments. In this presentation we'll highlight recent improvements - such as the pod.OS field and advancements in host-process containers for infrstractuure - that make it easier to manage production clusters/workloads, show people how to rapidly prototype the development of new Kubernetes features using the SIG-Windows developer tools project, and also do a deep-dive into how container users work on Windows.Click here to view captioning/translation in the MeetingPlay platform!

Conference:  KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021

Authors: Jay Vyas, Friedrich Wilken, Danny Canter, Brandon Smith

2021-10-13

Updates on bringing Windows workloads to Kubernetes, including recent improvements, planned future improvements, and new development tooling.

• CSI plugin support for Windows is now generally available
• Host process containers (equivalent of privileged containers on Linux) hit alpha in 1.22
• Pursuing a way to identify Windows pods at API admission time
• Enhancement to view node logs with kubectl logs
• Windows Server 2022 offers enhanced container platform with faster download and startup times, improved app compatibility, and consistent network policy with Calico
• New Windows developer environment to make it easier to spin up Windows clusters