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Can I Use Windows on a Vultr Compute Instance?

Updated on 19 September, 2025

offers officially licensed Windows Server options that can be deployed directly from the Customer Portal when creating a new compute instance.

Yes, you can use Windows on a Vultr Compute instance. Vultr offers officially licensed Windows Server such as Windows Server 2025, 2022, 2019, and 2016, which can be deployed directly from the Vultr Customer Portal when creating a new instance.

Note
When Windows Server instances are deployed using Vultr's public images, they are automatically bound to a licensed copy of Windows. This license incurs additional hourly billing charges in addition to your instance plan.
Important
Vultr does not support custom Windows ISOs. You must deploy Windows only from Vultr’s officially licensed public images.