Windows Server containers
As part of servicing each month, we publish updated Windows Server Base OS container images. With these updates, you can automate building updated container images or manually update them by pulling the latest version. Windows Server containers do not have a servicing stack and do not support in-place updates like Windows Server or Windows client. Therefore, every month we rebuild the Windows Server Base OS container images with the updates and publish the updated container images.
For more information on update best practices, see Update Windows Server containers.
Available Windows Server container images
| Container |
Version |
KB |
Architecture |
Languages |
Windows Server 2025 Server Core Container
Windows Server Core |
26100.2314 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046617
SSU version 26100.2303
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
Windows Server 2025 Nano Server Container
Nano Server |
26100.2314 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046617
SSU version 26100.2303
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
Windows Server 2025 Container
Windows Server |
26100.2314 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046617
SSU version 26100.2303
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
| Container |
Version |
KB |
Architecture |
Languages |
Windows Server 2022 Server Core Container
Windows Server Core |
20348.2849 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046616
SSU version 20348.2750
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
Windows Server 2022 Nano Server Container
Nano Server |
20348.2849 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046616
SSU version 20348.2750
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
Windows Server 2022 Container
Windows Server |
20348.2849 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046616
SSU version 20348.2750
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
End of support for Windows Server 2022
| Server OS |
Start Date |
Mainstream End Date |
Extended End Date |
| Windows Server 2022 |
Aug 18, 2021 |
Oct 13, 2026 |
Oct 14, 2031 |
For more information, see the Windows Server 2022 lifecycle page.
NOTE For all Windows Server 2019 images (Windows Server, Nano Server, and Windows Server Core), we now default to tag LTSC2019. However, you can continue to use the 1809 tag (as before) to pull the latest Nano Server and Windows image.
| Container |
Version |
KB |
Architecture |
Languages |
Windows Server 2019 Server Core Container
Windows Server Core |
17763.6532 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046615
SSU version 17763.6289
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
Windows Server 2019 Nano Server Container
Nano Server |
17763.6532 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046615
SSU version 17763.6289
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
Windows Server 2019 Windows Container
Windows |
17763.6532 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046615
SSU version 17763.6289
(included in LCU) |
x64 |
en-us |
End of support for Windows Server 2019
| Server OS |
Start Date |
Mainstream End Date |
Extended End Date |
| Windows Server 2019 |
Nov 13, 2018 |
Jan 9, 2024 |
Jan 9, 2029 |
For more information, see the Windows Server 2019 lifecycle page.
| Container |
Version |
KB |
Architecture |
Languages |
Windows Server 2016 Server Core Container
Windows Server Core |
14393.7515 |
Cumulative LCU: KB5046612
SSU: KB5043124 |
x64 |
cs-cz, de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr, hu-hu, it-it, ja-jp, ko-kr, nl-nl, pl-pl, pt-br, pt-pt, ru-ru, sv-se, tr-tr, zh-cn, zh-tw |
End of support for Windows Server 2016
| Server OS |
Start Date |
Mainstream End Date |
Extended End Date |
| Windows Server 2016 |
Oct 15, 2016 |
Jan 11, 2022 |
Jan 12, 2027 |
For more information, see the Windows Server 2016 lifecycle page.
References
Windows and containers
Update Windows Server containers
For information on .NET Framework support, see dotnet/framework.
