[Mark1978]

Is it possible to use the licence to have Windows Server 2012 installed as a virtual machine in XenServer instead of natively on the hardware?

[wii89]

I used windows server for a few days and I did not like it so I went back to Server 2008

What is the reason for the root account with the ssh software running on the server?

[Mark1978]

That worked! For some reason my copy+paste from the email was the failure point!!

[Cloudmaster]

Yup it is root, I login and remove all the OVH SSH stuff and change the password of the built in Administrator account then delete the 'root' account. After that it is connected to my domain.

It's a bit of a pain that OVH have to do everything none standard.

-macole111

I go a bit further than that & create a new account, place it in the Administrators group, then disable the default Administrator account, reason being the default account is the first one anyone tries to brute-force their way in to.

I also change the port RDP listens on

[macole111]

Yup it is root, I login and remove all the OVH SSH stuff and change the password of the built in Administrator account then delete the 'root' account. After that it is connected to my domain.

It's a bit of a pain that OVH have to do everything none standard.

-macole111

[RikT]

User for a Windows server has always been 'Administrator' in my experience

Not on ovh servers it hasnt

[Cloudmaster]

use those details to login with RDP. user: root password: whatever pass they gave u in the email

User for a Windows server has always been 'Administrator' in my experience

[turbanator]

use those details to login with RDP. user: root password: whatever pass they gave u in the email

[Mark1978]

Just ordered a server with Windows 2012 Standard on it.

The initial email has given me some SSH login details. What do I need to do to enable Remote Desktop?