Beginners’ Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V: Windows Docker Container Networking in Hyper-V — Part 37

As you start to work with Docker on Windows Server running Hyper-V, one of the fundamental concepts is Docker networking. Therefore, understanding how the Docker containers in a Windows environment connect to other containers and the external network is a great way to increase your knowledge of how container networking works in a Windows environment. For beginners, let’s consider Windows Docker container networking in Hyper-V and learn the basic architecture, capabilities, and configuration.

Hyper-V Virtual Machine vs. Container networking

If you already have a basic understanding of how Hyper-V virtual machine networking is configured, you have a head start with understanding Windows container networking. Like a Hyper-V virtual machine, Windows containers have a virtual network adapter connecting a Hyper-V virtual switch (vSwitch) in your environment.