Hi, I can spin up for free a Windows VPS (win server 2016 with graphical interface or win server 2022 core version since it has only 1GB of RAM). The problem is that outside of Linux I have absolutely no experience. I would like to try hosting something also on Windows server just to take away some load from other machines or even just to learn something new.
Therefore I have the following questions:
*Is there any starting resource for windows selfhosting you can recommend? I would love if a list like the awesome selfhosted existed for services that can run on windows.
*Is there anything non-enterprise for which a windows server would provide any advantage over Linux?
*Does anyone self hosts on windows server? Can I ask what you use it for?
Thanks
protip: if you have RDP open, you WILL get hacked.
Is it that bad? I mean, I am not much concerned myself as I would not leave the port open to anything but a small IP range, but I thought that the protocol was fine once a random long password is used.
No, use a VPN to connect to the server, then connect to RDP inside the VPN.
I would always recommend this, no matter what! Same with SSH, just keep this closed to the outside world!
Restricting to a few source ips makes it pretty safe. The RDP protocol is pretty secure, but it is a common one for zero day vulnerabilities, and software makers often do dumb things that break it’s security. So the general advice is to never expose RDP to the internet at large.