A Windows VPS gives you a real Windows desktop in the cloud you reach over RDP. Here's how it works end to end — including the licensing part most pages skip.
It's a virtual machine running Windows Server that you control remotely. You get an Administrator account, a full desktop, and you install and run whatever Windows software you need — a trading terminal, automation tools, a browser farm, a forex/EA host, or just a Windows box that's always on.
RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) is Microsoft's built-in remote-desktop system. You connect with a client and you're looking at the Windows desktop as if you were sitting in front of it:
You enter the server's address and dedicated RDP port, sign in with your admin credentials, and you're in.
Windows Server isn't free, and a lot of "cheap Windows VPS" listings are quiet about how that's handled. We're not: at overnight.host a Windows VPS is offered on a BYOL (Bring Your Own License) basis — no Microsoft license is included in the price, and that's disclosed at checkout and in our terms. You bring a license you're entitled to use. We'd rather tell you up front than surprise you.
Our Windows provisioning is fully automated. When your order is paid, a Windows Server template is cloned on a US node, a personal Administrator account is created for you, and your IP, dedicated RDP port and credentials are emailed — typically within minutes. No ticket, no manual hand-off. (Getting per-client passwords working on Windows was genuinely hard — see how automated provisioning works.)
KVM on single-tenant bare metal, SSD storage, 10 Gbps uplinks, US compute managed from our EU node. Like our Linux VPS, Windows VPS currently use shared IPv4 (NAT) with a dedicated RDP port. Full details and plans are on the Windows VPS page.
No. Windows VPS are sold BYOL (Bring Your Own License) — no Microsoft license is included, and this is disclosed at checkout and in our terms. You bring a license you're entitled to use.
Yes. Use Microsoft's free Windows App on macOS, or Remmina/FreeRDP on Linux. RDP works from any major OS and from phones/tablets.
Automated — your IP, dedicated RDP port and admin credentials are emailed within minutes of payment.
Anything Windows: automation, trading/EA platforms, browsers, light app hosting, or just an always-on Windows desktop. It's a real Windows Server VM with full admin.
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