---
title: "Deploy a Windows Server virtual machine"
sidebar_label: "Deploy a Windows Server virtual machine"
sidebar_position: 6
description: "How to deploy a Windows Server virtual machine using a standard template or an ISO image"
---

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# Deploy a Windows Server virtual machine

You can deploy a Windows Server virtual machine [using a standard template](#with-standard-template) or [using an ISO image](#with-iso-image).

## Using a standard template \{#with-standard-template}

1. From the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vmware/), open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click **Products** → **VMware-based cloud** → the **Cloud Director** section.

2. Open the virtual data center page.

3. Go to the **Compute** → **vApps** section.

4. Click **NEW** → **New vApp**.

5. Enter a vApp name.

6. Click **Add virtual machine**.

7. Enter a **Name**.

8. Enter a **Computer Name**.

9. In the **Type** field, select the type of image from which the virtual machine will be created:

   * **New** — from your own image;
   * **From Template** — from a pre-made image in the ISO Library image repository.

10. If you selected **New** in the **Type** field, choose the OS family in the **OS family** field, click **ADD** and upload an image with an OS version in the Datacenter edition.

11. If you selected **Type** in the **From Template** field, in the **Templates** block, select one of the OS images in the Standard edition:

    * Windows Server 2012 R2
    * Windows Server 2016
    * Windows Server 2019
    * Windows Server 2022

12. Optional: to power on the virtual machine immediately after creation, check the **Power on** checkbox.

13. In the **Storage Policy** field, select the network volume type.

14. Click **OK**.

15. Click **Create**. Creating a virtual machine in a vApp container will take some time.

### View administrator password \{#view-admin-password}

During the first OS boot, an automatic reboot and image customization occur. After the reboot, the standard authentication window will open.

1. From the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vmware/), open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click **Products** → **VMware-based cloud** → the **Cloud Director** section.
2. Open the virtual data center page.
3. Go to the **Compute** → **Virtual Machines** section.
4. In the card of the required virtual machine, click **DETAILS**.
5. Select **Guest OS Customization** and click **EDIT**.
6. View the password in the **Specify password** field.

## Using an ISO image \{#with-iso-image}

1. From the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vmware/), open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click **Products** → **VMware-based cloud** → the **Cloud Director** section.

2. Open the virtual data center page.

3. Go to the **Compute** → **Virtual Machines** section.

4. Click **NEW VM**.

5. Enter a virtual machine name.

6. In the **Type** field, select **New**.

7. In the **OS family** field, select **Microsoft Windows**.

8. In the **Operating System** field, select the **Microsoft Windows** OS version. When creating a virtual machine with Windows Server 2019, select Windows Server 2016 in the OS type selection menu.

9. In the **Boot image** field, select the OS ISO image.

10. In the **Select a Size** field, select the amount of CPU and memory.

11. In the **Storage** field, add the required number of disks, specify their sizes, and the storage policy:

    * for the Gold pool — vSSD or Fast vSSD;
    * for the Silver pool — Fast vHDD or vHDD.

12. Optional: in the **Networking** field, add a network.

13. Click **OK**.

14. In the **ACTIONS** menu of the virtual machine, select **Install VMware Tools**.

15. Click **INSTALL**.

16. Optional: to use your own pre-configured OS installation image, add it to the corresponding private repository, see the [Import a virtual machine](/public-cloud/manage-public-cloud/import-virtural-machine/) guide for details.

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