microsoft/windows-cssc-python repository overview

⁠Featured Tags

• 3.11-nanoserver-ltsc2019 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-nanoserver-ltsc2019

• 3.11-nanoserver-ltsc2022 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-nanoserver-ltsc2022

• 3.11-nanoserver-ltsc2025 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-nanoserver-ltsc2025

• 3.11-servercore-ltsc2019 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-servercore-ltsc2019

• 3.11-servercore-ltsc2022 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-servercore-ltsc2022

• 3.11-servercore-ltsc2025 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-servercore-ltsc2025

• 3.11-server-ltsc2022 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-server-ltsc2022

• 3.11-server-ltsc2025 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-server-ltsc2025

• 3.11-windows-ltsc2019 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.11-windows-ltsc2019

• 3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2019 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2019

• 3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2022 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2022

• 3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2025 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2025

• 3.13-servercore-ltsc2019 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-servercore-ltsc2019

• 3.13-servercore-ltsc2022 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-servercore-ltsc2022

• 3.13-servercore-ltsc2025 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-servercore-ltsc2025

• 3.13-server-ltsc2022 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-server-ltsc2022

• 3.13-server-ltsc2025 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-server-ltsc2025

• 3.13-windows-ltsc2019 (LTSC⁠) docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-windows-ltsc2019

⁠About This Image

This is a python image for Windows Server containers.

Depending on the tag you select, this image carries the corresponding Windows base OS image along with python 3.13.15, pip 26.1.2, and setuptools 70.0.0 for python 3.13 based images, python 3.11.16, pip 24.0, and setuptools 70.0.0 for python 3.11 based images.

For example, if you specify the tag 3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2025 the image will carry the Nano Server base OS image along with python 3.13.15, pip 26.1.2, and setuptools 70.0.0.

For more information about servicing lifecycles, visit Base Image Servicing Lifecycles⁠.

⁠How to Use this Image

Windows requires the host OS version to match the container OS version. If you want to run a container based on a newer Windows build, make sure you have an equivalent host build. Otherwise, you can use Hyper-V isolation to run older containers on new host builds. You can read more on Windows Container Version Compatibility in our Container Docs⁠.

The default entrypoint is for this image is python. To run the image:

docker run -it mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2025

Note: This repo does not publish or maintain a latest tag. Please declare a specific tag when pulling or referencing images from this repo. You can also pull tags based on a monthly floating published tag such as docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2025-202603 or docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows-cssc/python:3.13-nanoserver-ltsc2025-202603, where the tag includes ltsc2019-<YYYYMM> for the year and month of the published tag version.

⁠Configuration

• Your host must have the Windows container feature enabled. The Windows container feature is only available on Windows Server 2016 (Core and with Desktop Experience), Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise (Anniversary Edition) and later.
• If you intend to run the container with Hyper-V isolation, The Hyper-V role must be installed on the host first.

⁠Related Repos

⁠Related Base Images

• windows/nanoserver⁠: Windows Nano Server base OS image
• windows/servercore⁠: Windows Server Core base OS container image
• windows/server⁠: Server base OS container image
• windows⁠: Windows base OS container image

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You can retrieve a list of all available tags for windows-cssc/python at https://mcr.microsoft.com/v2/windows-cssc/python/tags/list⁠

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⁠License

• Legal Notice: Container License Information⁠

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE FOR WINDOWS CONTAINER BASE IMAGE
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