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September 29, 2026 WSL containers is now generally available By Logan Iyer, Corporate Vice President, Windows Platform + Developer WSL is central to our commitment to making Windows the best place to build, run and manage Linux workloads. As AI, cloud-native development, containers, and open-source ecosystems continue to converge on Linux, more developers are choosing to perform these workloads directly on Windows devices. We’re continuing our journey towards this goal with a new feature in WSL: WSL containers, which is generally available today.

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▪September 29, 2026 WSL containers is now generally available By Logan Iyer, Corporate Vice President, Windows Platform + Developer WSL is central to our commitment to making Windows the best place to build, run and manage Linux workloads.
▪As AI, cloud-native development, containers, and open-source ecosystems continue to converge on Linux, more developers are choosing to perform these workloads directly on Windows devices.
▪We’re continuing our journey towards this goal with a new feature in WSL: WSL containers, which is generally available today.

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