Host sites and business apps on Windows: IIS and ASP.NET, free SSL, and software like QuickBooks and Sage.
Windows is the natural home for IIS, ASP.NET, and a long tail of business software, from accounting suites to full ERPs. These guides cover hosting websites and line-of-business apps reliably on a Windows VPS, with the performance tuning and free, auto-renewing SSL that production needs.
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Learn when ERP hosting on a Windows VPS makes sense, how to size the server, and what to plan before migrating users, databases, backups, and RDP access.
Tune IIS application pools for production on a Windows VPS: idle timeout, AlwaysRunning, No Managed Code, recycling, identity, and memory limits.
Deploy ASP.NET Core 10 on IIS with a Windows Server VPS. Install the Hosting Bundle, publish the app, configure IIS, and verify the deployment on Raff.
What QuickBooks hosting costs per user, what a customer-managed Windows VPS costs instead, and the multi-user setup that keeps the deployment supportable.
Learn when a Windows VPS makes sense for Microsoft Access databases and legacy Windows apps, including RDP, RDS, backups, sizing, and risks.
A practical decision guide for businesses that still depend on older Windows software. Learn how to assess compatibility, licensing, databases, remote access, migration risk, and whether a cloud Windows server is the right next step.
Set up Sage 50, Sage 100, or Sage 300 on a Windows VPS for remote accounting teams. Covers sizing, RDS access, backups, and common pitfalls.
Install a free Let's Encrypt certificate on IIS with win-acme, bind it to your site, and verify automatic renewal on a Raff Windows VPS in 45 minutes.
Deploy your first Windows Server, connect over RDP, and get the basics set up: plans, versions, users, and first-day configuration.
BrowseSet up and scale remote desktop (RDP, multi-user RDS, RemoteApp), plus how Windows Server and RDS CAL licensing actually works on a VPS.
BrowseSPLA, BYOL, RDS CALs, M365 Shared Computer Activation. What to buy, how to activate, how to stay compliant.
BrowseRun a domain on your VPS: domain controllers, users and groups, Group Policy, and DNS.
BrowseGenuine, fully-licensed Windows with full admin and RDP. We handle the Microsoft licensing, billed monthly with nothing upfront. On NVMe SSD, backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee.