I recently installed Windows Server 2019, but I noticed it doesn't have an option for installing Containers. I assumed any Windows Server OS would have the ability to add a Containers channel, however I don't see anything online to do this.
This version is actually "Microsoft Hyper-V Server", however, its not clear that Hyper-V server is fundamentally different from regular Windows Server OS installations.
- Is there a way to enable the 'Containers' feature on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 (1809) ?
- Is there a way to upgrade Micrsoft's Hyper-V Server to a Containers compatible 1909 server ?
- What is the fundamental difference between Microsoft's Hyper-V Server and a regular Microsoft 2019 Windows Server OS?
Note: I installed this onto a laptop over a USB stick, and did a lot of work to upgrade drivers and so on to support laptop features like Wi-Fi, hence my reluctance to completely reinstall the operating system .
The key difference between a Windows Server and a Windows Hyper-V Server is that the latter only contains enough infrastructure to be a host to a number of Hyper-V virtual machines.
I'm afraid the upgrade path is to replace it with a full version of Windows Server 2019.