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Setting up Docker on your machine

This tutorial doesn't require any existing knowledge of Docker and should take about 20 or 30 minutes to complete. Ready? Let's go!

Prerequisites

You will need to have the following software bits installed:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 (https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs)
.NET Core 1.0.1 - VS 2015 Tooling Preview 2 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=827546)
Docker For Windows to run your Docker containers locally (https://www.docker.com/products/docker#/windows)

Once Docker for Windows is installed, right-click on the Docker icon in the system tray and click on Settings and select Shared Drives:

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