Windows Containers: Navigating the Path from Monolith to Cloud-Native

📰 Dev.to · Maykol Alfaro

Learn how to navigate the path from monolith to cloud-native using Windows Containers

intermediate Published 11 Mar 2026

Action Steps

Assess your monolithic application's components to identify candidates for containerization
Create a Dockerfile to build a Windows Container image
Configure and run your containerized application using Docker Compose
Test and validate your containerized application
Deploy your containerized application to a cloud-native platform like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Who Needs to Know This

DevOps teams and software engineers can benefit from this knowledge to modernize their applications and improve deployment efficiency

Key Insight

💡 Containerizing monolithic applications can simplify deployment and improve efficiency

Key Takeaways

Learn how to navigate the path from monolith to cloud-native using Windows Containers

A couple of years ago, I was assigned to a project where I was in charge of containerizing a...