Merge pull request #47813 from openshift-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-45133-to-main

[main] Windows Containers: containerd Rel Note

Author: mburke5678

windows_containers/windows-containers-release-notes-6-x.adoc

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ This release of the WMCO provides bug fixes for running Windows compute nodes in
 
 With this release, the WMCO updates the Windows node certificates when the kubelet client certificate authority (CA) certificate is rotated.
 
+[id="wmco-6-0-0-new-features"]
+=== New features
+
+[id="wmco-6-0-0-containerd"]
+==== Containerd is the default container runtime
+
+Because the Docker runtime is deprecated in Kubernetes 1.24, containerD is now the default runtime for WMCO-supported Windows nodes. Upon the installation of or an upgrade to WMCO 6.0.0, containerd is installed as a Windows service. The kubelet now uses containerd for image pulls instead of the Docker runtime. Users no longer need to enable the Docker-formatted container runtime or install the Docker container runtime on Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) instances. You can continue to use nodes based on VM images that use Docker. containerd can run along with the Docker service.
+
+The WMCO supports a Windows golden image with or without Docker for vSphere and Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) Windows instances. 
+
 include::modules/wmco-prerequisites.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 
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