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 an ASP.NET Core 10 app on IIS using a Windows Server VPS. This guide covers IIS, the .NET 10 Hosting Bundle, app pool setup, deployment, firewall rules, and common errors — tested end-to-end on Raff.
Learn how to run QuickBooks Desktop in multi-user mode on a Windows Server VPS, including Windows Server version choice, Database Server Manager, folder scans, RDS users, permissions, backups, and troubleshooting.
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.