Windows images for Open Telekom Cloud
Windows self-managed images are provided as public Images in the Open Telekom Cloud.
Windows Server Image Content
OTC Windows Server Images are built on native Microsoft ISO images
It is a default OS installation with:
- System disk of min 40 GB
- Hardware drivers for KVM or BMS (Intel Chipset Drivers)
- NVIDIA driver installation (on GPU flavors only)
- RDP enabled
- latest Microsoft quality rollups and security patches
- German and English keyboard
- Page file set to fixed size of 8GB
- Cloudbase-Init agent installation and sysprep started
During ECS (BMS) deployment server configuraiton is finished:
- sysprep finished
- host name and password is configured by cloudbase-init
- winrm is enabled and configured by cloudbase-init
- timezone configuration of OTC platform location
- time synchronization with ntp server of OTC public service zone
- Server activation with KMS of OTC public service zone
- Windows Update configured for automatic download and installation of updates from WSUS of OTC public service zone
- Windows Defender (Windows Server 2016 and newer) configured to update pattern from WSUS of OTC public service zone
List of public Windows Server Images
| Image Type / OS Version | Bios Type | MS Windows Server Standard 2016 | MS Windows Server Core Standard 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KVM | Bios | Enterprise_Windows_STD_2016_KVM | Enterprise_Windows_STD_2016_CORE_KVM |
| GPU | Bios | Enterprise_Windows_STD_2016_GPU |
| Image Type / OS Version | Bios Type | MS Windows Server Standard 2019 | MS Windows Server Core Standard 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KVM | Bios | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2019_STD_amd64_bios | |
| KVM | UEFI | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2019_STD_amd64_uefi | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2019_STD-CORE_amd64_uefi |
| GPU | Bios | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2019_STD-NV_amd64_bios_GPU | |
| GPU | UEFI | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2019_STD-NV_amd64_uefi_GPU |
| Image Type / OS Version | Bios Type | MS Windows Server Standard 2022 | MS Windows Server Core Standard 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KVM | UEFI | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD_amd64_uefi | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD-CORE_amd64_uefi |
| BMS | UEFI | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD_amd64_uefi_BMS | |
| GPU | Bios | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD-NV_amd64_bios_GPU | |
| GPU | UEFI | Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD-NV_amd64_uefi_GPU |
Regular Updates
The Windows images are updated on a monthly basis. Usually at midmonth a few days after Microsoft patch day.