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+# Building Thrift using Docker for Windows
+
+The build image is very large (just under 30GB) so plan accordingly.
+Once Microsoft supports build tools in nano, it should get better.
+
+Install Docker for Windows and switch to Windows container mode.
+
+Pull from docker hub:
+
+    PS C:\> docker pull thrift/thrift-build:msvc2017
+
+or build in a docker for windows environment:
+
+    PS C:\Thrift> docker build -t thrift/thrift-build:msvc2017 -f build\docker\msvc2017\Dockerfile build\
+
+The following directories are used inside the container:
+
+    C:\Build     the out-of-tree build directory
+    C:\Install   the install target directory
+    C:\Thrift    the source tree
+
+You can override these as docker volumes if desired.
+
+### Compiler
+
+To build a portable windows thrift compiler (with a statically linked
+runtime) and get it placed into C:\install:
+
+    docker run -v C:\thrift:C:\thrift^
+           -v C:\install:C:\install^
+           --rm -t thrift/thrift-build:msvc2017^
+           C:\thrift\build\docker\msvc2017\build-compiler.bat
+
+The end result is a portable windows thrift compiler located at
+
+    C:\Install\bin\thrift.exe
+
+If you run it through the [Dependency Walker](http://www.dependencywalker.com/)
+you will see it only depends on KERNEL32.DLL which means the runtime is statically
+linked, so the executable is portable and self-contained.  This is how the
+windows thrift compiler is built for each Apache Thrift release.
+
+### Libraries
+
+To build, test everything and get the C++ SDK placed into C:\install:
+
+    docker run -v C:\thrift:C:\thrift^
+           -v C:\install:C:\install^
+           -m 4096 --rm -t thrift/thrift-build:msvc2017^
+           C:\thrift\build\docker\msvc2017\build.bat
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