In this video I show you step-by-step how you can deploy a FREE Server 2022, 2019 or Server 2016 Evaluation Edition image and connect to it via RDP.. Also rearm the 180 day evalution period up to 6 times VULTR Link : https://cloudtechlinks.com/V25-VULTR-Link Commands ----------------------- wget -O- ht tps://cloudtechlinks.com/V25-Server-2016-Image | xz -d -c | sudo dd of=/dev/vda wget -O- ht tps://cloudtechlinks.com/V25-Server-2019-Image | xz -d -c | sudo dd of=/dev/vda wget -O- htt ps://cloudtechlinks.com/V25-Server-2022-Image | xz -d -c | sudo dd of=/dev/vda (please remove the space i have had to add to the above https links, to prevent YouTube truncating them) Commands, username & initial passwords ----------------------------------------------- Connect via RDP to : [IP ADDRESS]:19529 Username: Administrator Password: ChangeMeASAP1 INFORMATION : Firewall - All Ports blocked, except RDP Port 19529 Configuration of VPS once deployed : --------------------------------------------------- A. Windows Update B. Disk Management , Expand C: Drive C. Change password to something complex, long and NOT found in a Dictionary. e.g. f4R9d2F8p9 In a few months : To identify how many evauation rearms are left. Run Command : slmgr.vbs /dlv To rearm the evaluation period. Run Command : slmgr.vbs /rearm Connecting via RDP from MacOS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7TCvLuWlF0 Connecting via RDP from Chromebook : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUraznLMMs Connecting via RDP from Linux : https://opensource.com/article/18/6/linux-remote-desktop SOFTWARE USED TO CREATE THIS VIDEO -------------------------------------------------------------------- Text-to-Speech : https://cloudtechlinks.com/SW-Text-to-Speech Video Editor : https://cloudtechlinks.com/SW-VideoEditor Captions. : https://cloudtechlinks.com/SW-Captions I only realised how important having proper subtitles/captions were, to improve both the videos YouTube & Google SEO ranking, by watching this video from a big Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-ewHcWlak I also add chapters/timestamps in the YouTube description, again to improve the videos YouTube SEO ranking Chapters ------------- 0.00 The Video Purpose 1.49 Cloud Tech Introduction 1.59 Choosing the VPS Provider and then Creating a VPS 5.46 Deploying one of the free Windows Server Images 9.00 Connecting via RDP from Windows PC 11.05 Minor VPS Server Configuration 12.20 Rearm the Evaluation Period 0.00 YouTube End Card Scene Transcript : The Video Purpose ------------------------------------------------- In this video i will show you how you can deploy a free Microsoft server 2016, 2019 or 2022 evaluation edition, and because the VPS I will be using also comes with a free introductory period , you can follow along at no cost to you, and then decide if this solution offers anything you would like to continue using. All 3 windows version will give you basically the same capabilities, so I will continue with one of them , server 2022, just to show you some of them. When on the VPS desktop you can see your local PC drives allowing you to access any files you need from there, or even to save work that was done on the VPS. And to demonstrate printing, if I first open a simple text file that’s on my local windows 10 PCs c drive, and select to print it, you will notice that it has automatically mapped my local printer that is just 6 feet away from where I am sitting, even though this VPS desktop and all its applications are a thousand miles away in a data center. So, by the end of this video you will have a powerful machine, with a free full Windows Server desktop on it, separate from your current PC, , all without putting your current machine at risk. And as a final bonus, at the end of the video I will be showing you how to reset the 180 days evaluation period up to 6 times, allowing up to three years of use, at no cost. Anyway, enough of this introduction, I will see you in a minute ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZANpuTa41s

In this video I show you step-by-step how i create a Windows Image from the Microsoft Original ISOs, using a DigitalOcean Droplet. This process should work with all versions of Windows DigitalOcean Link : https://cloudtechlinks.com/V26-DigitalOcean-Link Disclaimer : This video has been made for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES only. Any licensing issues of any deploying software to a VPS are totally a matter for you and will depend on what type of license version you hold with any vendor. As such, this is a topic that is totally beyond the scope of this video. The information below is provided to help you follow along with the steps shown in the video. Step 1. Get Ubuntu 22.04 VPS Create DigitalOcean Droplet using Ubuntu 22.04 4GB of Memory root example password f75q21w9Gx Step 2. In web console : Install XFCE Desktop, XRDP & QEMU apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y apt-get install xfce4 firefox xrdp gzip -y apt-get install qemu qemu-utils qemu-system-x86 -y echo xfce4-session [REPLACE THIS WITH GREATER THAN CHARACTER]~/.xsession Then reboot Step 3. In RDP : Download Windows & Virtio Drivers ISOs get virtio iso - google "windows download virtio drivers" get windows iso - google "windows iso download" Fill in qemu-system-x86_64 statement lower down, with names of ISO files reboot Step 4. In Web Console : Start Windows Install in QEMU qemu-img create -f raw harddisk.raw 24G qemu-system-x86_64 \ -m 3000M \ -cpu host \ -enable-kvm \ -boot order=d \ -usbdevice tablet \ -drive file=harddisk.raw,format=raw,if=virtio \ -drive file=/root/Downloads/{downloaded-windows}.iso,media=cdrom \ -drive file=/root/Downloads/{downloaded virtio}.iso,media=cdrom \ -vnc :55555 via a VNC Viewer eg. RealVNC {Droplet IP Address}:61455 (Note:5900+55555=61455) Step 5. In VNC : Install & Configure Windows On VirtIO CD Select {windows version}\amd64 folder for ; a) Balloon - VirtIO Balloon Driver b) NetKVM - Red Hat Virtio Ethernet Adapter c) vioRNG - Random Number Generator d) VioSCSI - Red Hat Virtio SCSI Pass-through contoller e) VioStor - Red Hat Virtio ScSI Controller Windows user password eg. G6t4r3e2i9m8 Configuration - When on Desktop : 1) Enable Remote Desktop 2) Change RDP Port from 3389 to 19529 Start the registry editor. ... In REGEDIT Navigate to the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp. Find PortNumber. Click Edit, Modify, and then click Decimal. Type the new port number, and then click OK. 3) In [Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security] Add New [inbound rule] to Allow TCP Port 19529 thru Domain, Private & Public Profiles called "Rule 19529 for RDP" Disable ALL other INCOMMING RULES 4) IF Current User is called "Administrator", rename to "WinAdmin" 4) Windows Update & restart 5) Clean up C Drive 6) Finally Shut Down Step 6. In web Console : Gzip Windows Harddisk ls -la df dd if=harddisk.raw status=progress | gzip | dd of=win_[winversion].gz (Wait until finished in about 15 minutes) ls -l rm harddisk.raw reboot Step 7. - Example deploy to a VPS Provider In the Destination VM : lsblk sudo ssh root@[IP address of Droplet] dd if=win_[winversion].gz | gunzip | sudo dd of=/dev/[sda/vda] status=progress ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUS0ad_z9co