FREE Windows Server 2019 2022 and 2016 Evaluation Image on a Free VPS by VULTR

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