.NET 5.0 Support for Windows Server Core Containers

[mthalman]

.NET 5.0 Support for Windows Server Core Containers

Based on community feedback and data analysis, we've recognized the demand for producing .NET Docker images for Windows Server Core. These images are available with the release of .NET 5.0. This should help satisfy scenarios where Nano Server doesn't provide the necessary dependencies that are required to execute certain APIs. Examples of this are some APIs within the System.DirectoryServices and System.Drawing.Common namespaces.

Details

The 5.0-windowsservercore-ltsc2019 tag is now available for the sdk, aspnet, and runtime repositories. Support for Windows Server Core will be limited to LTSC versions of Windows.

Related Issues

• Request for feedback: Should we produce .NET Core + Server Core container images?