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I wonder if anyone could recommend a VPS service that runs Windows (too)?

binarymax 16y ago
Dare I say it, but if you need to run Microsoft in the cloud then Azure is probably a good bet these days. Also, if you don't already have MSDN and want to run a Microsoft stack you can get a BizSpark license and that comes with some good freebies.
- svnv 16y ago
  We use azure for our webapp. Works great so far, although the azure-website for managing server deployments is not very good. Also, you can use powershell and the azure tools for VS2010 instead of the azure-website.
  - sriramk 16y ago
    I'd love to hear more about what you don't like about the site (email address on my profile page). Btw, I ran the feature team that built the APIs that powershell and Visual Studio use. So if you don't like those, that's probably my fault. :)
    - vyrotek 16y ago
      We also use Azure. Deploying from Visual Studio is pretty slick. The biggest problem in general with Azure deployments is the speed. Perhaps its normal, but its pretty annoying to wait 15+ minutes to deploy and wait for a Web and Worker role to be 'Ready' Its also VERY annoying that only 1 Live account can have permission to sign in and manage the Account and Services. Yes, I know you can do some stuff with the certificates to allow others to deploy, but its a huge pain. Especially for a startup with a few people who are trying to learn and manage our account.
avar 16y ago
It might be cost-effective to just buy a Linux VPS and run Windows on it with VirtualBox. You'd take a performance hit, but maybe it wouldn't matter that much.
- petercooper 16y ago
  Wow. I can't believe that idea has never crossed my mind..! (I'm not being sarcastic.) Do you do this? A blog post or two about this and how it's worked out for you would be awesome reading.
dgudkov 16y ago
We have been using SoftSys for a few months - had no any major issues. Support replies very quickly.
amorphid 16y ago
GoGrid supports Windows.

Dare I say it, but if you need to run Microsoft in the cloud then Azure is probably a good bet these days. Also, if you don't already have MSDN and want to run a Microsoft stack you can get a BizSpark license and that comes with some good freebies.

svnv 16y ago
We use azure for our webapp. Works great so far, although the azure-website for managing server deployments is not very good. Also, you can use powershell and the azure tools for VS2010 instead of the azure-website.
- sriramk 16y ago
  I'd love to hear more about what you don't like about the site (email address on my profile page). Btw, I ran the feature team that built the APIs that powershell and Visual Studio use. So if you don't like those, that's probably my fault. :)
  - vyrotek 16y ago
    We also use Azure. Deploying from Visual Studio is pretty slick. The biggest problem in general with Azure deployments is the speed. Perhaps its normal, but its pretty annoying to wait 15+ minutes to deploy and wait for a Web and Worker role to be 'Ready' Its also VERY annoying that only 1 Live account can have permission to sign in and manage the Account and Services. Yes, I know you can do some stuff with the certificates to allow others to deploy, but its a huge pain. Especially for a startup with a few people who are trying to learn and manage our account.

avar 16y ago

It might be cost-effective to just buy a Linux VPS and run Windows on it with VirtualBox. You'd take a performance hit, but maybe it wouldn't matter that much.

petercooper 16y ago
Wow. I can't believe that idea has never crossed my mind..! (I'm not being sarcastic.) Do you do this? A blog post or two about this and how it's worked out for you would be awesome reading.

dgudkov 16y ago

We have been using SoftSys for a few months - had no any major issues. Support replies very quickly.

amorphid 16y ago

GoGrid supports Windows.