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Estimatedreadingtime:20minutesWelcometoDockerDesktop!TheDockerDesktopforWindowssectioncontainsinformationabouttheDockerDesktopCommunityStablerelease.ForinformationaboutfeaturesavailableinEdgereleases,seetheEdgereleasenotes[1].ForinformationaboutDockerDesktopEnterprise(DDE)releases,seeDockerDesktopEnterprise[2].Dockerisafulldevelopmentplatformtobuild,run,andsharecontainerizedapplications.DockerDesktopisthebestwaytogetstartedwithDockeronWindows.SeeInstallDockerDesktop[3]fordownloadinformation,...
Estimated reading time: 20 minutesWelcome to Docker Desktop!
The Docker Desktop for Windows section contains information about the Docker Desktop Community Stable release. For information about features available in Edge releases, see the Edge release notes[1]. For information about Docker Desktop Enterprise (DDE) releases, see Docker Desktop Enterprise[2].
Docker is a full development platform to build, run, and share containerized applications. Docker Desktop is the best way to get started with Docker on Windows.
See Install Docker Desktop[3] for download information, system requirements, and installation instructions.
Test your installationOpen a terminal window (Command Prompt or PowerShell, but not PowerShell ISE).
Run docker --version to ensure that you have a supported version of Docker:
> docker --vers...