Updated: July 22, 2024 (July 22, 2024)
Charts & IllustrationsSummary of Microsoft Container Offerings
Product Name | Hosting | Type | Description | When to Use |
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Azure | Container orchestration | Azure’s flagship managed Kubernetes service | At-scale, highly configurable containerized applications in Azure |
Azure Container Apps (ACA) | Azure | Container orchestration | Serverless Kubernetes-based container hosted | Simplified deployment not requiring massive scale or complex configuration |
Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) | Azure | Container orchestration | Managed version of Red Hat’s OpenShift v4 K8s platform | Maintain platform portability of containerized applications; support specific workloads such as WebSphere |
Azure Service Fabric | Azure or on-premises | Container orchestration | Microsoft’s microservices platform for container and service orchestration, used internally by Microsoft cloud services | Support existing Service Fabric apps; stateful services; new development should be on AKS |
Azure Container Instances (ACI) | Azure | Container hosting | Serverless instantiation and execution of containers; |
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