Applies ToWindows Server Containers

Release Date:

12/11/2024

Version:

Windows Server containers

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

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

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​​​​​​​

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.

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