How to Create a your own Windows VPS from the Microsoft ISOs, using a DigitalOcean Droplet

In this video I show you step-by-step how a Windows Image from the Microsoft Original ISOs, using a DigitalOcean Droplet. This process should work with all versions of Windows eg. Windows Server, Windows 10 etc

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.

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=r3RKeLbqNIA