Windows Server 2025 hosting on a French VPS
The latest Windows Server LTSC release, pre-installed at no extra cost and delivered in 10 minutes with full administrator access.
Starting at €8/mo
Introduction
Windows Server 2025 is Microsoft's latest LTSC release and the system we recommend at checkout on our Windows VPS range. By-Hoster pre-installs it at no extra cost on all four configurations, from 8 to 64 GB of RAM, starting at €8/month incl. VAT. The server is delivered in 10 minutes with full administrator access, a dedicated IPv4 address and RDP tuned up to 60 FPS.
Two features justify picking 2025 over 2022: hotpatching, which applies security fixes without rebooting the machine, and SMB over QUIC, which exposes a remote file share without setting up a VPN. Every server role is still available — Active Directory, DNS, IIS, containers, SQL Server. Mainstream support runs until 13 November 2029 and security updates until 14 November 2034.
One thing is not included, and we would rather say it plainly: the Microsoft licence. By-Hoster installs the system but neither supplies nor resells licences — you must hold a valid one for your own use. Windows Server allows 2 concurrent administrative RDP sessions; beyond that, RDS CALs are required. Your VPS runs in our DC-FR_NA(01) datacenter in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, operated directly by the association's technical team.
What a Windows Server 2025 VPS includes
Windows Server 2025 LTSC
The latest LTSC release, pre-installed at no extra cost. Mainstream support until 13 November 2029, security updates until 14 November 2034. You can reinstall to 2022 or Windows 11 at any time from the client area.
Hotpatching and SMB over QUIC
Security fixes apply without rebooting the machine: fewer maintenance windows and fewer RDP sessions dropped in the middle of a working day. SMB over QUIC gives you remote file sharing without building a VPN.
RDP tuned up to 60 FPS
Smooth Remote Desktop access, usable as a real workstation from a PC, a Mac, a tablet or a phone. A fallback VNC console is available in the client area if you ever lose RDP access.
NVMe, dedicated IPv4, Anti-DDoS
All four configurations share the same foundation: NVMe storage, a dedicated IPv4, Anti-DDoS and snapshots, at no extra charge. All of it with no commitment, a 48-hour money-back window and human 24/7 support reachable by ticket, Discord or phone.
What people run on Windows Server 2025
Business software
Sage, EBP, Cegid, Ciel and other management applications reached remotely over RDP. Their licences remain yours: we provide the server, not the software.
Active Directory and DNS
Domain controller, AD DS directory, DNS server, group policies: every native Windows Server 2025 role can be installed on your VPS.
SQL Server
A SQL Server database on a machine dedicated to your application. Express is free (10 GB per database, 1 socket or 4 cores, 1.4 GB of engine RAM), Standard and Enterprise are paid.
IIS, .NET and web apps
Host your sites and APIs on IIS with ASP.NET and .NET. Full administrator access to install the runtimes, certificates and components you need.
Windows containers
Windows Server 2025 supports Windows containers to isolate your applications. KVM virtualisation under Proxmox, with vCore and RAM resources set by the plan you pick.
Remote workstation
An always-on Windows desktop with a dedicated IPv4 address on infrastructure hosted in France, handy for automation, testing or remote work. 2 administrative RDP sessions included.
Frequently asked questions
Four configurations run Windows Server 2025, and the system itself changes nothing on the bill since it is installed at no extra cost. Windows - Core opens the range at €8/month incl. VAT (4 vCores, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD, 500 Mbps). Windows - Plus, the most popular one, moves up to €13/month (8 vCores, 16 GB, 200 GB). Windows - Max reaches €26/month (16 vCores, 32 GB, 500 GB), and Windows - Titan tops the range at €49.99/month (24 vCores, 64 GB, 800 GB, 1000 Mbps). On annual billing, take 10% off any of them.
No, and we say so plainly. By-Hoster installs Windows Server 2025 on your VPS but neither supplies nor resells Microsoft licences. You must hold a valid licence for your own use. The advertised price covers the server, the infrastructure, Anti-DDoS, the dedicated IPv4 address and human 24/7 support — not the right to use the operating system or your business software.
Pick Windows Server 2025 for any new deployment: it is the latest LTSC release, with hotpatching, SMB over QUIC and security updates until 14 November 2034. Pick Windows Server 2022 in one case only: when your business software is certified on 2022 alone. Its mainstream support ends on 13 October 2026 and its security updates on 14 October 2031. When in doubt, check your vendor's compatibility matrix before ordering.
Hotpatching applies security fixes without rebooting the server. On a machine a team uses over RDP, that means no sessions cut in the middle of the day and far fewer maintenance windows to schedule. It is the most concrete argument for 2025 over 2022, alongside SMB over QUIC, which exposes a remote file share without having to build a VPN first.
The rule of thumb published on the site puts the floor at 4 GB of RAM for light use — RDP and office work, a single user — and raises it to 8 GB as soon as business software, SQL Server Express or several concurrent users come into play. Good news across the Windows range: even the entry plan, Windows - Core, already ships 8 GB. To stack several heavy applications, or run Active Directory alongside a database, step up to 16 GB with Windows - Plus or 32 GB with Windows - Max.
Two concurrent administrative RDP sessions: that is the limit Windows Server sets, and it covers administering the machine or two people working on it. As soon as you open application RDP access to several users, Microsoft requires RDS CALs (Remote Desktop Services Client Access Licences) that you buy yourself: By-Hoster neither supplies nor resells them, any more than it does the system licence. Size the memory accordingly too, since every open session takes its share of RAM.
Yes. You get full administrator access: every native Windows Server 2025 role can be installed — Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, IIS, Windows containers, file services. SQL Server needs its own licence: the Express edition is free but capped at 10 GB per database, 1 socket or 4 cores and 1.4 GB of RAM for the engine; Standard and Enterprise are paid Microsoft licences.
The VPS is delivered in 10 minutes once the order is confirmed, with the system you picked already installed. You receive the IP address and administrator credentials, and connect over RDP right away. The choice is made at checkout between Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11, at no extra cost, and can be changed later by reinstalling from the client area. Windows Server 2019 is no longer offered at checkout.
Your Windows Server 2025 instance runs in the only datacenter we operate, DC-FR_NA(01), located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, and administered directly by the association's technical team — no second site, no delegated operations. The virtualisation layer is KVM driven by Proxmox. What that means for your data: it falls under French jurisdiction and the GDPR, with no transfer outside the European Union. By-Hoster is a French non-profit association registered under RNA W162005815 and SIRET 92395660100010, founded in 2023.