Support for containerized Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS and maybe more server roles)

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^{Originally posted by Sporesirius February 2, 2023}
Hello,
I know that it's currently not supported because of how the architecture of ADDS is built. I think supporting ADDS (and maybe more server roles) in containers would be a huge benefit for a stable infrastructure. For example, it would be possible to use ADDS in Kubernetes and use the tooling of K8s (IaC, Terraform) in that environment. It would also minimise the code that runs on each service for security benefits (if we are talking about separating e.g. ADDS, the ADDS DB and DNS to their own microservices).

I would like to ask if this is already planned for the future or being considered?

More server roles would make the "Windows Containers" project more attractive, as these are services that are unique to the Windows ecosystem (e.g. I can also host .NET 6 apps in Linux and have the benefits of K8s + Tools).

Best regards

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