Microsoft made WSL containers generally available and shipped the feature with controls that let administrators switch it off or limit where it pulls images from. WSL containers run Linux containers on Windows through the Windows Subsystem for Linux. They install with wsl --update or from Microsoft’s GitHub releases page.
WSL containers are generally available on Windows
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