Upgrading our office’s aging Windows Server 2016 setup to 2022, but our local hardware can’t handle the load. Need a VPS that supports Hyper-V for legacy apps and offers reliable Remote Desktop performance. Azure’s pricing is insane for our non-profit budget. Any providers with genuine Windows 2022 licenses included? Also, how’s the security? Can we enforce BitLocker and Defender without enterprise tools?
We migrated to this Windows 2022 VPS last year for similar reasons. The included license saved us ~$40/month vs AWS. For Hyper-V, allocate at least 4 vCPUs and 8GB RAM per VM—their NVMe storage cuts VM boot times by half compared to our old HDD setup.
Security-wise, enable Secured-core features:
Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) isolates critical processes from attacks
Windows Defender Credential Guard blocks pass-the-hash exploits
BitLocker encrypts disks without third-party tools
Use Windows Admin Center for remote management—it’s lighter than full GUI access and lets you monitor multiple VMs from one dashboard. For RDP, enforce Network Level Authentication (NLA) and restrict logins to specific IPs.
Performance tip: Disable GUI effects (animations, transparency) to free up RAM for SQL Server or IIS. We host a donor management system with 50+ concurrent users, and latency stays under 200ms.
Their support helped us script automated backups to Wasabi cloud storage—costs 1/4 of Azure’s rates. Only hiccup: Initial firewall rules blocked our legacy app’s ports, but a quick ticket fixed it.
Deployed two Hyper-V VMs on MangoHost—legacy accounting app runs smoothly alongside modern CRM tools. BitLocker setup was a 5-minute task, and RDP is snappier than our old on-prem server. Non-profit discount slashed costs by 30%. Still tweaking VBS, but Defender’s blocking sketchy login attempts. Finally off Azure’s price treadmill!