<i>Different sources will give different answers to the same questions when interpreting licensing scenarios</i><p>1.) Containers are not available on desktop SKUs.  So there is no licensing consideration for Windows 10.  If they later add containers to Windows 10, then they&#x27;ll release licensing rules at that time.<p>2.) If you are running a server OS for your desktop, then the licensing is pretty clear.  Hyper-v VM containers follow the same rules as normal hyper-v VMs (1 physical + 2 virtual for standard then each additional VM requires a license, unlimited for datacenter).  For Windows Server Containers (which are not hyper-v based), it&#x27;s even easier, it&#x27;s unlimited regardless of edition.<p>3.) As always, the host OS must be licensed fully in order to have the appropriate rights (2016 is moving to core licensing, with a minimum of 8 core licenses per processor, and a minimum of 2 processors).<p>All in all, it&#x27;s one of the easier features to understand the licensing for since it doesn&#x27;t directly deal with CALs or internal&#x2F;external usage rights.