Microsoft adds native Linux container support directly to Windows 11

Microsoft has made WSL Containers generally available, letting developers run Linux containers on Windows 11 through WSL without third-party tools like Docker Desktop. New features include container health checks, real-time event streaming, expanded networking controls and Intune policies.

• WSL Containers is now generally available on Windows 11
• Adds health checks, event streaming and configurable storage
• Includes Intune policies and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint support
• New wslc CLI uses familiar container commands