On the interwebs it says that Hyper-V is supposed to support memory ballooning (since about Windows Server 2012), just like other virtualization platforms. Mayb

On the interwebs it says that Hyper-V is supposed to support memory ballooning (since about Windows Server 2012), just like other virtualization platforms. Maybe the Docker software just didn't use it, or maybe it requires a Windows Server license? edit: seems Docker just chose to disable it because they thought it made memory usage unpredictable: https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/521 https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/521