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JOB 08 · WINDOWS VPS · AS212345

Windows VPS hosting

A Windows VPS is usually a requirement dressed as a preference: the software you must run is a Windows binary. Server 2022 or 2025 on KVM with the licence included — €16.50 per month on the Base plan — removes both the compatibility problem and the licence arithmetic.

Recommended build

Most chosen

III Base

€16.50/mo

Base + Windows Server 2022 licence included

Image: Windows Server 2022 Standard · +€11.00/mo licence

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Round trip from Frankfurt

Düsseldorf4 ms
Zurich6 ms
Paris6 ms
Amsterdam7 ms

SPEC · 4 SHEETS

What this workload needs

Four properties that matter for this job, and how the recommended plan covers each one.

01

Server 2022 or 2025, licence included, no surprises

Two Windows images, one licence each, and the licence is in the price: €11/mo for 2022, €12.50/mo for 2025, on top of the plan. No per-user CAL spreadsheet, no 'bring your own licence' dance, no invoice line that needs a translator.

02

RDP plus a VNC console that survives the network

Remote Desktop is the daily driver — full desktop session, your tools, your wallpaper, your business. When RDP itself is the problem (firewall edit gone wrong, TLS config adventure), the VNC console in the web panel is the way back in.

03

Real KVM, not a shared-hosting Windows box

Your instance is a full virtual machine: dedicated vCPU, DDR5, NVMe, its own kernel. Software that insists on bare-metal-ish behaviour — services, ODBC drivers, ancient installers — generally stops complaining after the first try.

04

Windows on the same flat-price network as Linux

The same 41 sites, the same traffic allowances, the same DDoS filtering and the same €1.20 extra IPv4s. Licensing is the only thing Windows changes, and it is itemised, not hidden.

DATA SHEET · CONDENSED

The short version

Recommended
Base + Windows Server 2022 — €16.50/mo all-in on the 12-month term (plan €5.50 + licence €11). 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB NVMe.
2022 or 2025
2022 for maximum software compatibility; 2025 if you want the newer security stack. Switch by reinstalling from a snapshot — the licence line adjusts itself.
Desktop apps
One interactive RDP session per licence, per Microsoft's terms — a single-user VPS fits the model exactly.
Term and renewal
Prepaid six or twelve months, billed once, no auto-renew, renewal never above the current rate.
When to skip
If the workload is Linux-native, a Linux plan costs a third as much — Windows is a tool, not a lifestyle.

FLEET · FIT CHECK

Plans that fit

The recommended plan is marked. Every plan runs every solution — these are just the sizes we would start with.

PART EVPS-NANO · REV. D

I Nano

€1.90/mo

billed €€22.80 once· save 21% vs 6-month

vCPU
1 × EPYC
Memory
2 GB DDR5
Storage
25 GB Gen4 NVMe
Traffic
2 TB
Port
1 Gbit/s

Typically used forSmall website · Personal VPN · DNS or monitoring box · Light cron jobs

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PART EVPS-BASE · REV. D

Most chosen

III Base

€5.50/mo

billed €€66.00 once· save 20% vs 6-month

vCPU
4 × EPYC
Memory
8 GB DDR5
Storage
100 GB Gen4 NVMe
Traffic
8 TB
Port
2.5 Gbit/s

Typically used forDocker stack · Nextcloud · Staging server · Game server

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PART EVPS-WORK · REV. D

IV Work

€10.40/mo

billed €€124.80 once· save 19% vs 6-month

vCPU
6 × EPYC
Memory
16 GB DDR5
Storage
200 GB Gen4 NVMe
Traffic
12 TB
Port
2.5 Gbit/s

Typically used forProduction web app · Postgres primary · CI runner · Scraping

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Q&A · REV. C

Questions people ask

Four answers per solution, and each one is the same answer support would give you.

Is the Windows licence really included?
Yes. The monthly figure combines the plan price and the licence fee, and the licence is Microsoft's standard for cloud hosting — which is why there is no separate CAL line item and no activation ritual after install.
How many people can use the RDP session?
Microsoft's licensing allows one interactive session per licence, so treat the server as a single-user machine. That is the intended shape: your Windows software, your remote desktop, no 'team server' contortions.
Can I migrate my existing Windows workloads over?
Usually with a reinstall rather than a lift-and-shift: install the image, move the data, reinstall the software — most Windows apps tolerate this far better than their vendors claim. If you need the exact OS state preserved, the snapshot and VNC tools are there, but plan the migration as a migration.
Why does Windows cost more than the Linux plans?
Because €11 to €12.50 of the monthly price is Microsoft's licence fee, passed through at cost. The hardware underneath is priced identically to the Linux plans — which is the comparison that matters, since most Windows VPS sellers quietly fold higher hardware margins into the same line.

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