This document provides links to information about creating and managing Windows VMs, licensing and pricing, and deploying Microsoft workloads related to Active Directory, .NET applications, IIS, and SQL Server. ### Getting started, licensing, pricing Quickly create Windows VMs, learn about Microsoft licensing options, and review prices for Windows images. - [Quickstart using a Windows Server VM](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/create-windows-server-vm-instance) - [Best practices for Windows Server VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/windows-best-practices) - [Create a domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/create-domain) - [Join a Windows VM automatically to a domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/seamless-domain-join-gce) - [Licensing options](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing) - [FAQ about licensing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing-faq) - [Bringing your own licenses](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/nodes/bringing-your-own-licenses) - [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricing#premiumimages) ### OS images Learn about the available Windows images and create and manage custom Windows images. - [Windows Server](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/os-details#windows_server) - [Windows client BYOL](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/os-details#windows_client) - [SQL Server](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/os-details#sql_server) - [Create a Windows OS image from an ISO file](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/creating-an-image-from-an-iso-file) - [Create a custom Windows Server image](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-os-image) - [Install or update the guest environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/guest-environment#when-to-install) - [Choose an import method](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import) ### Create VMs and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) nodes Create and manage Windows Server VMs, deploy SQL Server, and create a GKE cluster of Windows Server containers. - [Create and manage Windows Server VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-managing-windows-instances) - [Create SQL Server VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/creating-sql-server-instances) - [Create a cluster using Windows Server node pools](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/creating-a-cluster-windows) ### Manage VMs Connect to your Windows VMs, customize the VMs, manage storage, and configure passwords. - [Connect to VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-instance#windows) - [Join Windows VMs automatically to a domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/seamless-domain-join-gce) - [Transfer files](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files-windows) - [VM Manager](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager) - [Use startup scripts on Windows VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/windows) - [Run shutdown scripts](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/shutdownscript) - [Enable virtual displays](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/enable-instance-virtual-display) - [Install GPU drivers](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gpus/install-drivers-gpu) - [Add local SSDs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/local-ssd) - [Create a Windows persistent disk snapshot](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-persistent-disk-snapshot) - [Add or resize zonal persistent disks](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/add-persistent-disk) - [Create passwords for Windows instances](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/generating-credentials) - [Automate Windows password generation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/automate-pw-generation) ### Active Directory, .NET, IIS, Windows, and SQL Server The following is a sample of the tutorials for deploying Microsoft Windows Server, IIS, SQL Server, and Active Directory workloads, and .NET applications. #### Active Directory and SharePoint - [Best practices for running Active Directory on Google Cloud](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/best-practices) - [Deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server on Compute Engine](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/deploying-microsoft-sharepoint-server-on-compute-engine) - [Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 on Compute Engine](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/deploying-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-on-compute-engine) #### .NET - [Set up a .NET development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/setup) - [Get started with .NET](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/getting-started) #### IIS - [Run a basic IIS web server](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/basic-webserver-iis) #### SQL Server - [Create a SQL Server instance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/creating-sql-server-instances) - [Create a high-performance SQL Server instance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/creating-high-performance-sql-server-instance) - [Disaster recovery for Microsoft SQL Server](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/disaster-recovery-for-microsoft-sql-server) - [Deploying Microsoft SQL Server for multi-regional disaster recovery](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/deploying-microsoft-sql-server-multi-regional-disaster-recovery) ### Solutions Get architectural guidance to deploy and manage Microsoft and Windows workloads on Google Cloud. - [Get started with migrating to Google Cloud](https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture/migration-to-gcp-getting-started) - [Lift-and-Shift a line-of-business application to Google Cloud](https://docs.cloud.google.com/static/files/Lift-and-Shift-onto-Google-Cloud.pdf) - [Deploy a fault-tolerant Microsoft Active Directory environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture/deploy-fault-tolerant-active-directory-environment) - [Create a virtual Windows workstation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture/creating-a-virtual-windows-workstation) - [Set up cross-region load balancing for Microsoft IIS web servers](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/http-load-balancing-iis) - [Browse other Windows architecture solutions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture?text=Windows) ### Get help Diagnose and troubleshoot issues with provisioning and managing Windows workloads. - [Known issues](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/troubleshooting/known-issues#known_issues_for_windows_vm_instances) - [Use the serial console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/interacting-with-serial-console) - [Collect diagnostic information](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/collecting-diagnostic-information) - [Capture VM screenshots](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/capturing-vm-screenshots) - [Troubleshoot Windows VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-windows) - [Troubleshoot RDP](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-rdp) - [Windows end of support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/end-of-support) - [Google Cloud support](https://cloud.google.com/support-hub) - Public discussion forums - [Google Cloud Community](https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/forums/searchpage/tab/message?filter=location,labels&q=windows&location=forum-board:cloud-infrastructure&sort_by=-topicPostDate&collapse_discussion=true&labels=compute+engine) - [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgoogle-compute-engine%5D+windows&s=f0c9147d-467e-4cee-9f18-141c9dec018c) - [Server Fault](https://serverfault.com/search?q=%5Bgoogle-compute-engine%5D+windows)