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Microsoft brings WSL containers to preview, letting devs run Linux containers natively on Windows without Docker Desktop, plus CLI API GPU support.
Jun 29, 2026 14:32 EDT
Microsoft has announced that WSL containers, a feature that allows developers to run Linux containers natively inside Windows without the need for Docker Desktop, is now available in public preview several weeks after Microsoft previewed it at Build 2026.
To use the new container feature, you first have to install the latest pre-release version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux by running a quick update command in your terminal:
