The last step in this process is creating an image. As we mentioned earlier, containers can be created and started as Windows Containers or Hyper-V containers. To create containers, you need to use the docker run command, with different switches depending on the container type.

If you want to create a Windows container called IIS-Standard, based on the downloaded image, you need to run the following command:

docker run --name IIS-Standard -d -p 80:80 microsoft/iis:windowsservercore

For a Hyper-V container, you need to run a similar command, with one more switch that defines the isolation level:

docker run --name IIS-Hyper-V -d -p 80:80 --isolation=hyperv microsoft/iis:windowsservercore

If you want to check which Containers have been created and are running on the host, you need to run the docker ps command:

You now have two different types of container live on Windows Server 2016.