Installing Windows on VPS

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Overview

Windows is currently very experimental on our virtual server infrastructure. We do not provide licensing and we can only provide very surface-level support for any Windows-based operating systems. By default, it is possible to activate a 180-day evaluation edition for the purposes of evaluating Windows Server. Once the 180-day evaluation is expired, your server will automatically restart every 1 hour.

If you have a dedicated server or a product that is not a virtual server, please open a ticket for assistance as this guide may not help you, since dedicated servers are based on a completely different infrastructure.

Update as of June 24th, 2024: There is no longer a need to perform manual installation steps, the new templates now automatically configure themselves upon reinstallation. The username for all Windows installations is Administrator.

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Installing Windows Server

First, please launch the VPS management panel by navigating to the product page and clicking the green button that says Launch VPS Management Panel (SSO) or similar. Once you are inside the control panel, please navigate to your service and then click on the Settings tab. Then go to Reinstall, set your template group to Windows and select your desired version of Windows Server (i.e. 2012R2, 2019, 2022). Once you are done, type in a password and click on Reinstall. Please wait for the reinstallation to finish.

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Final Steps

Please wait 3-5 minutes for the reinstallation to complete, and then another 3-5 minutes for the VPS to finally boot up. Windows has now completed the installation.