Same image works with Docker run but not with Docker-Compose run or up

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Hi,
I have created a new SQL Server Express image for Windows Server 2019

(Microsoft Artifact Registry)

I test the image on a Windows Server 2019 Vm on Azure in process isolation (Not Hyper-V).
The Sql Server service starts well when I run the image with a Docker Run command.

The same image with a Docker-Compose run or up + same parameters return an error when the service starts:

I struggle since days to find the reason without success.
Anyone could give me some hints on the reason ?

The DockerFile:

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2019 
USER ContainerAdministrator

SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]

# see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4462262 for latest CU
ARG DOWNLOAD_URL="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=829176"

ENV sa_password="_" `
    sa_password_path="C:\ProgramData\Docker\secrets\sa-password"

RUN Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $env:DOWNLOAD_URL -OutFile sqlexpress.exe; `
    Start-Process -Wait -FilePath .\sqlexpress.exe -ArgumentList /qs, /x:setup ; `
    .\setup\setup.exe /q /ACTION=Install /INSTANCENAME=SQLEXPRESS /FEATURES=SQLEngine /UPDATEENABLED=0 /SQLSVCACCOUNT='NT AUTHORITY\System' /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS='BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS' /TCPENABLED=1 /NPENABLED=0 /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS ; `
    Remove-Item -Recurse -Force sqlexpress.exe, setup

RUN Stop-Service MSSQL`$SQLEXPRESS ; `
    Set-ItemProperty -path 'HKLM:\software\microsoft\microsoft sql server\mssql14.SQLEXPRESS\mssqlserver\supersocketnetlib\tcp\ipall' -name tcpdynamicports -value '' ; `
    Set-ItemProperty -path 'HKLM:\software\microsoft\microsoft sql server\mssql14.SQLEXPRESS\mssqlserver\supersocketnetlib\tcp\ipall' -name tcpport -value 1433 ; `
    Set-ItemProperty -path 'HKLM:\software\microsoft\microsoft sql server\mssql14.SQLEXPRESS\mssqlserver\' -name LoginMode -value 2 ;

COPY start.ps1 /
CMD .\start -sa_password $env:sa_password  -Verbose

The Docker-Compose:

   mssql:
       container_name: mssql
       image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY-}mssql
       environment:
          ACCEPT_EULA: Y
          SA_PASSWORD: "yourStrong(!)Password"
      build:
          context: sqlserver
          dockerfile: Dockerfile
      ports:
         - "1433:1433/tcp"
      #tty: true #had to remove it to avoid another null character error
       volumes:
          - .db:C:/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL14.SQLEXPRESS/MSSQL/DATA

start.ps1:

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [string]$sa_password
)

Write-Verbose "Starting SQL Server"
start-service MSSQL`$SQLEXPRESS

if($sa_password -eq "_") {
    $secretPath = $env:sa_password_path
    if (Test-Path $secretPath) {
        $sa_password = Get-Content -Raw $secretPath
    }
    else {
        Write-Verbose "WARN: Using default SA password, secret file not found at: $secretPath"
    }
}

if($sa_password -ne "_")
{
    Write-Verbose "Changing SA login credentials..."
    $sqlcmd = "ALTER LOGIN sa with password=" +"'" + $env:sa_password + "'" + ";ALTER LOGIN sa ENABLE;"
    & sqlcmd -Q $sqlcmd
}

Write-Verbose "Started SQL Server."

$lastCheck = (Get-Date).AddSeconds(-2) 
while ($true) 
{ 
    Get-EventLog -LogName Application -Source "MSSQL*" -After $lastCheck | Select-Object TimeGenerated, EntryType, Message	 
    $lastCheck = Get-Date 
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 
}

The Error:

Attaching to mssql
mssql | VERBOSE: Starting SQL Server
mssql | start-service : Failed to start service ‘SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)
mssql | (MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS)’.
mssql | At C:\start.ps1:7 char:1
mssql | + start-service MSSQL`$SQLEXPRESS
mssql | + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mssql | + CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControl
mssql | ler:ServiceController) [Start-Service], ServiceCommandException
mssql | + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
mssql | .StartServiceCommand
mssql |
mssql exited with code 1

*ps: do anyone knows a standard SQL Image witch works in a Win2019 process isolation.
Any image I pull give the

“The container operating system does not match the host operating system”

Thanks in advance
-Vince