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I suspect it's the "thin hypervisor", aka LCOW + hyperv isolation. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/premier-developer/running-docker-windows-and-linux-containers

• rtempaccount1 7y ago
  Just saw there's some more technical details here https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/shipping-a-linux-kernel-with-windows/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/shipping-a-linux-.... Whilst it doesn't explicitly mention Virtual Machines or Hypervisors, I'd read this as making use of that kind of technology with some additional tech. for interop with Windows to the level of WSL currently. EDIT: and here's the confirmation https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-wsl-2/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-wsl-2/ it's a VM