AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
DDR5 Memory
Gen4 NVMe SSD
10 Gbps Network Port
Advanced Anti DDoS
🇬🇧 UK Datacentres
Daily Backups
Full Root Access
99.9% Uptime SLA
Built for Windows workloads

Why VM6 is a sensible Windows VPS host

A Windows VPS lives or dies on three things: responsive RDP, enough RAM, and the freedom to install whatever Windows version your workload actually needs. We score well on all three — and we don’t mark up Microsoft licensing onto your monthly bill.

BYOL — no Microsoft markup

Bring your own Windows Server or Windows 11 product key. Customers with existing volume licences, MSDN/Visual Studio subscriptions or SPLA partner arrangements save money. We provide the VPS, you provide the licence.

Responsive RDP

5.7 GHz boost clock on Ryzen 9 9950X means UI feels snappy. RDP from a Windows PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android or web browser — your Windows desktop, anywhere.

5-minute template deploy

Pre-installed templates for Server 2019, 2022, 2025 and Windows 11 Pro. Deploy from VirtFusion, log in via RDP, activate with your product key. Trading-ready or admin-ready in minutes.

Custom ISO upload

Need an older version, an evaluation edition, an LTSC build, or a customised Windows image with your software pre-installed? Upload your own ISO via VirtFusion and install clean.

Snapshot before updates

Windows Updates occasionally break things. Take a snapshot from VirtFusion before applying cumulative updates and roll back in seconds if your application stops working post-patch.

Activation flexibility

Activate with MAK keys, KMS server activation, retail product keys, or generic Volume Licensing keys. Whichever Microsoft licensing path you have, the activation works the same as on any Windows machine.

All Server roles work

IIS, Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, File Services, Print Server, Remote Desktop Services, SQL Server (Express free, paid editions BYOL). Full Windows Server functionality with KVM virtualisation.

Windows Defender included

Defender ships with every Windows template and is enabled by default. For production workloads, configure your preferred endpoint security. DDoS protection at the network edge is free on every VPS.

UK-based support

Tickets answered by people who know what RDS CALs are, can talk through a SQL Server install, and won’t tell you to "restart Windows" before reading your ticket. Founder-led, no offshore call centre.

Windows VPS Plans

Windows VPS UK — BYOL on AMD Ryzen 9

Same hardware and pricing as our Linux VPS range. You bring the Windows licence, we provide the VPS. Pre-installed Windows Server and Windows 11 templates ready for activation with your own product key. Pick by RAM — Windows needs more memory than you think.

UK AMD G2
£6
per month
  • CPU Cores2 × 4.3GHz
  • RAM2 GB DDR5
  • NVMe Storage50 GB
  • Traffic5TB @ 10Gbps
  • IPs Included1 IP + /64
Too small for Windows
2 GB is below the practical minimum. Use G4 or larger for a usable Windows VPS.
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UK AMD G8
£16
per month
  • CPU Cores4 × 4.3GHz
  • RAM8 GB DDR5
  • NVMe Storage200 GB
  • Traffic12TB @ 10Gbps
  • IPs Included1 IP + /64
Recommended
Multi-user RDP, IIS websites, SQL Server Express, .NET hosting, MetaTrader stacks. Comfortable for most Windows workloads.
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UK AMD G16
£32
per month
  • CPU Cores4 × 4.3GHz
  • RAM16 GB DDR5
  • NVMe Storage400 GB
  • Traffic16TB @ 10Gbps
  • IPs Included1 IP + /64
Production grade
Active Directory, SQL Server Standard, busy Windows Server roles, multi-user RDS host, dev/staging boxes.
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UK AMD G32
£59
per month
  • CPU Cores6 × 4.3GHz
  • RAM32 GB DDR5
  • NVMe Storage800 GB
  • Traffic20TB @ 10Gbps
  • IPs Included1 IP + /64
Heavy Windows
RDS farm with multiple concurrent users, busy SQL Server, large IIS estates. Consider a dedicated server at this point.
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Pay annually and get a month free · BYOL · No long term commitments · 5-minute template deploy

BYOL — Bring Your Own Licence

Every Windows VPS is BYOL. You provide the Windows Server or Windows 11 product key from Microsoft Volume Licensing, a Visual Studio / MSDN subscription, retail purchase or an authorised SPLA partner. We provide pre-installed templates ready for activation — deploy in 5 minutes, log in via RDP, activate with your key. Customers with existing volume licences save money this way. If you do not have a licence, Microsoft sell directly or via partners.

No marked-up licensing
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VirtFusion for Windows

Reach your Windows VPS when RDP fails

Windows occasionally hangs at a login screen, freezes during an update, or refuses to RDP after a reboot. VirtFusion gives you a browser-based VNC console that works regardless of whether RDP is reachable. You can also reinstall, snapshot, restore and manage the VPS without raising a support ticket.

  • Browser VNC console — see the Windows screen when RDP is down
  • Hard reboot if Windows hangs at "Preparing updates"
  • Snapshot before applying Patch Tuesday updates
  • Mount a Windows ISO and reinstall clean
  • One-click redeploy from any Windows template
  • Reverse DNS for your dedicated UK IPv4
Pick your Windows

Which Windows version should I install?

All BYOL — you bring the key, we provide the template. Quick guide to which version fits which workload.

Windows Server 2025

New deployments. Latest security defaults, modern .NET 8/9 support, improved SMB performance. Recommended for any new build, especially Active Directory and IIS estates.

Windows Server 2022

Mainstream production. Mature, well-supported, broad software compatibility. Most production SaaS, IIS hosting and SQL Server estates still target this.

Windows Server 2019

Legacy compatibility. Use when your application explicitly requires Server 2019 (some line-of-business apps haven’t been retested on 2022/2025 yet).

Windows 11 Pro

Hosted desktop. When you want a Windows desktop in the cloud rather than a server. Familiar UI for non-technical users, runs most consumer software, RDP-friendly.

Optional Add-ons

Customise your Windows VPS

Most add-ons can be configured at order time or added later through your client area.

Dedicated CPU Cores

£5/core/mo — pin a vCPU to a physical Ryzen 9 core for consistent performance under heavy Windows workloads.

Daily Snapshots

Included on AMD plans — 7-day retention. Critical before Windows Updates or major application changes.

Additional IPv4 Address

£2/mo each — useful for IIS websites needing dedicated IPs, or separating RDP from public services.

Extra NVMe Storage

£0.10/GB/mo — add space for SQL Server databases, Active Directory SYSVOL, IIS log retention.

Managed Windows

£49/mo — we handle Windows patching, monitoring, backup verification and incident response. Focus on the app, not the OS.

Off-site Backup

£8/mo — backups stored at a second UK datacentre. Recovery point for SQL Server dumps, IIS sites, application data.

Common Windows workloads

Who runs a Windows VPS UK

Three audiences buy Windows VPS UK from us, each for different reasons. The right plan depends on what you actually do day-to-day.

Remote Desktop users

Need a Windows machine you can RDP into from anywhere — work laptop, iPad, phone. Maybe a hosted desktop for travel, work-from-anywhere office, or a personal Windows box. UK AMD G4 or G8 fits most cases.

MetaTrader / Forex traders

MT4, MT5, cTrader and trading bots. We have a dedicated Forex VPS UK page covering latency to London brokers, prop firm rules and trader capacity per plan. Start there if forex is your use case.

Windows Server admins

Running IIS websites, SQL Server, Active Directory, file servers, Remote Desktop Services. The full Windows Server stack on bare-metal-feeling KVM virtualisation. UK AMD G8 minimum, G16 for production.

.NET / IIS developers

ASP.NET Core, .NET Framework, IIS hosting, ARR reverse proxying, Web Deploy publishing. Production-ready .NET environment with full root, your choice of Windows Server version.

SQL Server hosts

SQL Server Express (free) for development and small production. SQL Server Standard/Enterprise via your own licensing (BYOL too). Pair with extra NVMe for transaction logs and tempdb.

Hosted office / WFH

One Windows VPS, multiple users connecting via RDP/RDS. Useful for small teams who want a shared Windows environment with consistent IP, predictable performance, central data. Requires RDS CALs (BYOL).

Windows VPS UK Explained

What is a Windows VPS UK?

A Windows VPS is a virtual machine in a datacentre running Windows Server or Windows 11, which you access remotely via RDP from any device. UK-based means it sits in a London-area datacentre — lower latency to UK users, UK data residency for GDPR-sensitive workloads, and faster connections to other UK services and brokers.

Our Windows VPS uses the same AMD Ryzen 9 9950X hardware as our Linux VPS range, with the same DDR5 memory and Gen4 NVMe storage. The only difference is the operating system you boot into — and that’s your choice. We provide pre-installed Windows Server 2019/2022/2025 and Windows 11 Pro templates, plus the ability to upload your own custom ISO.

You connect via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) from a Windows PC, Mac, Linux machine, iPad, iPhone, Android device or web browser. Once in, it feels like a regular Windows machine — because it is.

Why BYOL?

Why Bring Your Own Licence?

Most VPS hosts mark up Microsoft licensing onto your monthly bill. A typical Windows VPS at £19/month is often £6-7 of hardware plus £12-13 of Microsoft licence resale. We don’t do that. Bring your own Windows licence and pay only for the VPS hardware.

Where to get a Windows licence if you don’t have one: Microsoft Volume Licensing (the big-business path), Visual Studio Professional / Enterprise subscriptions (free Windows keys for dev/test), MSDN, retail product keys from Microsoft’s store, or authorised SPLA partners (monthly Windows Server licensing for hosting providers).

If you already have an MSDN/Visual Studio subscription through work, you probably already have keys for Windows Server. If you don’t, Microsoft sell Windows Server licences directly. The licensing is yours, the VPS is ours.

How we compare

See how VM6 stacks up against other UK Windows VPS providers

Full comparison on our main VPS page — hardware, network, DDoS, pricing and support vs Hetzner, OVH, IONOS, Fasthosts. The Windows VPS uses the same hardware as our Linux VPS, so the comparison applies directly.

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Windows questions

Windows VPS UK — FAQ

The questions we get asked most often. Anything else, drop us a line.

Windows VPS UK plans use the same hardware and pricing as our Linux VPS range, starting from £6/month for UK AMD G2 (2 vCPU, 2 GB DDR5 RAM). Most Windows workloads need at least UK AMD G4 (£9/mo, 4 GB RAM) for a usable RDP experience. Windows itself is BYOL — bring your own licence, no markup from us.

No. Windows licensing is BYOL — bring your own licence. You provide your Windows Server or Windows 11 product key (from a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement, MSDN/Visual Studio subscription, retail purchase or an authorised SPLA partner). We provide the VPS hardware and Windows templates ready for activation. This means you do not pay marked-up Microsoft licensing on your monthly bill.

Two paths. Fast path: deploy a pre-installed Windows Server 2019/2022/2025 or Windows 11 template from VirtFusion, log in via RDP, activate with your product key in System Properties → Activation. Takes under 5 minutes. Custom path: upload your own Windows ISO via VirtFusion (up to 8 GB), boot from it, install Windows clean from the Setup wizard. Takes 30-45 minutes.

Pre-installed templates for Windows Server 2019, 2022 and 2025 (Standard or Datacenter editions), and Windows 11 Pro. Custom ISO supported for older versions (Server 2016 still works), Windows 10 LTSC, evaluation editions, or Windows Insider builds. Activation is done with your own product key regardless of which version.

Technically Windows Server boots on 2 GB RAM but it feels slow. We recommend at least 4 GB RAM (UK AMD G4 at £9/mo) for a usable experience. Windows itself uses 1.5-2 GB before you run anything else — leaving 2-2.5 GB for your workload is the practical minimum. For RDP sessions, busy applications or Windows Server roles, step up to UK AMD G8 (£16/mo, 8 GB) or higher.

Yes. RDP clients exist for every major platform: Microsoft Remote Desktop (free, Windows / Mac / iOS / Android), Remmina (Linux), FreeRDP (cross-platform), or any HTML5 RDP gateway in a web browser. You connect to your VPS IP with the username and password we provide — the experience is the same whatever client you use.

Yes, but see our Forex VPS UK page instead — it covers latency to London brokers (LD4, LD5, Equinix), trader capacity per plan, prop firm compatibility and forex-specific FAQs. Same hardware, focused content for traders. This Windows VPS UK page is the general Windows hosting variant.

Windows Defender ships with all Windows templates and is enabled by default — fine for general protection. For production workloads, configure your preferred endpoint security (Bitdefender, ESET, Sophos, CrowdStrike, etc.). DDoS protection at the network edge is included free on every VPS, so the network-layer threat is already mitigated.

Same as any Windows machine — you handle updates yourself. We strongly recommend taking a snapshot before applying cumulative updates so you can roll back if something breaks. Snapshots are included on AMD plans. For managed Windows where we handle patching, monitoring and incident response, add the Managed tier at £49/month per VPS.

Yes — all Windows Server roles work normally: IIS, Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, File Services, Print Server, Remote Desktop Services. SQL Server Express is free; Standard and Enterprise are BYOL. For Active Directory, we recommend at least 4 GB RAM and an additional NVMe volume for the SYSVOL store on larger deployments.
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VM6 finally gave what my app needs. It's smooth and never gets lags. I am so lucky finding this VPS Provider.

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Excellent Performance and Great Value for Money

We’ve been really impressed with VM6. Performance is excellent, with the latest Ryzen-powered servers delivering very fast, reliable performance. Support has been responsive and helpful whenever needed. Great value for the spec. A solid hosting provider.

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Great Service!

I purchased 3 VPS subscriptions back in November 2025, performance has been great (exceeded my expectations), and the support team, specifically Rob, has been polite, friendly and always very responsive.

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Simon Kamsky
United Kingdom
I can only say positive things

I can only say excellent things. Rob and the team are efficient and hard working to ensure that they deliver a great product. Highly recommend.

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Rio-Martin M
United Kingdom
Smooth and never lags

VM6 finally gave what my app needs. It's smooth and never gets lags. I am so lucky finding this VPS Provider.

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United Kingdom
Excellent VPS hosting service

Excellent VPS hosting service. Fast setup, great performance and brilliant UK support.

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Darren.
United Kingdom
Excellent Performance and Great Value for Money

We’ve been really impressed with VM6. Performance is excellent, with the latest Ryzen-powered servers delivering very fast, reliable performance. Support has been responsive and helpful whenever needed. Great value for the spec. A solid hosting provider.

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Great Service!

I purchased 3 VPS subscriptions back in November 2025, performance has been great (exceeded my expectations), and the support team, specifically Rob, has been polite, friendly and always very responsive.

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