Azure Container Services (ACS) is the newest part of the Azure platform and at present, at least partially in preview status (for example, in the area Windows container).
Azure Container Services are a new variant of the classical Azure IaaS offer from Azure (descripted in chapter 6, Planning and Deploying Virtual Machines in Azure), and use also virtual machines as the technological base.
Two versions of the Azure IaaS are offered, and both are based on virtual machines?
Yes, but Azure Container Services has some advantages over the older solution due to its additional functionality.
I will now take a closer look at these advantages and introduce Azure Container Services in detail.
In this chapter, you will learn:
- The basic knowledge about the Azure Container Services area
- The workflow when creating your first container service and the necessary steps for working with the service afterwards