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cheapest Windows VPS
Hello
I would like to find cheapest possible Windows VPS, I don't have special requirements like RAM or CPU, I would like to play a bit with plesk control panel so I don't even need full month of that VPS just about 2 weeks until plesk's trial period will end. It is all for my personal use, for learning new things and for fun. I never have Windows and plesk experience in terms of administration only booring linux 
so anyone will make my first time?
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@Virmach
Maybe one of the windows vps LET Deals is interesting for you.
Is the offer for €2.98EUR already included Windows licence or do I need to buy it separately and if yes in what price? Also, can you tell me in wchich language Windows will be installed? I don't speak German so it could be difficult for me if Windows will be in German language.
@Francisco
https://buyvm.net/kvm-dedicated-server-slices
Windows is already pre - activated, if you choose 2012 i can install the english language pack for you.
@ChristianDSH this servers comes with really unlimited traffic?
@mtsbatalha it's fair use traffic, in the normal package is 2tb included per month, that should be enough for a small vps, since something like seeding or filesharing isn't allowed anyway.
*Edit: But with voxility ddos protection i could add a little more on top of it.
BuyVM slices would probably be the cheapest, however, I'm not sure how they handle their 1/4 core CPU. Probably ask them about that. Anyway, you wouldn't be able to do much with that on Windows. In addition, Plesk lists the minimum requirements as 30GB disk and 2GB RAM.
So if you actually need 30GB disk and 2GB RAM, then we would become a viable option as well.
If you only need two weeks for learning purposes, register with us and private message me your e-mail. I can cut you a good deal.
What if I only want two decades? Provided, of course, CC eventually implements IPv6.
Makes me wonder. What do people do with their windows box ? Is the purpose only to host asp.net ?
They give fair share access to the whole core, but have to keep average below 25% on base plan or 50% on 2nd plan. If you're hammering the CPU constantly then you get hard capped to 1/4 or 1/2 the clock speed.
From users who told me what they're doing:
Partially you have answer in my post, sometimes it is just because of curiosity, like in my case, sometimes because of ASP.net and sometimes because of game server, I see a lot of posts asking about Windows offer just because somebody want to run specific game server.
One more think. In the past I moved the site from one provider to my host, the site is based on wordpress, so normal PHP / mysql enviromment but it was on a very expensive Windows hosting ( around $200 / year. And I asked that person why he used so expensive hosting, based on Windows platform if his site is simple wordpress based on PHP. It was just because of my curious and he told me something like: "because I use Windows at home, at work etc. and I affraid of linux, I don't know linux so I will be unable to put my site on linux server). For us as a experienced users (in the most part) it could be funny but he was just owner of simple wordpress blog
Vultr $2.50 plan
Great idea running windows on 512MB RAM :')
it could be back to memories like working on 386 PC witch Windows 95
The 386 would run rings around XP+ on 512MB.
Germany windows VPS
100MBPS UNMETERED WINDOWS VPS with SSD
https://www.parkinhost.com/germany-windows-vps.php
@DiggDigital
Have the f*ing decency to format your damn post. Your professionalism doesn't show with such an ugly post.
You can have a look here : https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/123074 you can choose windows vps from 15 different locations.
Ho! Ho! Bad hair day? ;-) Come on, no reason to be that bad-tempered!
Just checked your buyvm link - does buyvm still do cheap slices as every category of slice says it is "out of stock".
Since we all love necroposting how about going for Hetzner's cloud OP? They have Windows ISOs available and If you just need it for 2 weeks hourly billing could save you a couple cents.
@mksh this is how "necroposting" happens. One does a general Google search about a VPS provider and then it brings up discussions about the cheap Windows VPS provider at Lower End Talk. As the slices are really low cost and it says Windows is for free on the Website I'm hoping to find out whether there are other LET members using it as if you check the site looks as though the offers are "out of stock" - maybe there is a reason for it that members of this discussion may know about. You can check the link below. My inquiry is a genuine inquiry.
https://buyvm.net/kvm-dedicated-server-slices
I am not a BuyVM costumer but from what i read they are practically perma sold out and i don't know if they provide windows licenses with the slices. Maybe @Francisco can clarify?
If you have a valid license yourself and germany/finland locations are OK for you Hetzner cloud might actually be a serious low cost alternative.
host4fun, spartanhost < best options
cheap and solid
Perma is an exaggeration. And yes, I know they do provide Windows licenses.
There's a nice chart of what you can expect as far as Windows performance by RAM size on their wiki (scroll down a little):
https://wiki.buyvm.net/doku.php/faq
More stock on the way
Francisco
I would like to suggest you to take from photonvps / vpsfast.net !
Their prices are pretty decent
Iirc vpsfast is banned on here for either being a bunch of twats, or for defrauding a customer. Not sure which one it was.