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selfhosting on windows server? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by aesir@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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

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[–] aesir@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Yes, that's also my feeling at the moment. Not an option to move to Linux unfortunately (it's a Microsoft offering for academic staff). I was hoping for some fun suggestions, If nothing comes to mind it will just become the backup server of the backup server or just stay off and save electricity.

[–] hendrik@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

lol. they're trying to lure you in. this server is bait.