This page details the operations you can perform on a Windows virtual machine (VM). For more information on Windows support in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped, see Windows OS support.
Create a Windows Server instance
Before creating a Windows Server VM instance, you must create a custom image by importing a Windows Server 2019 installation disk. For steps on importing the installation disk, see Import virtual disks.
After the custom Windows image is ready, you can create a VM instance from the custom image.
Windows VMs only support secure boot. You must enable secure boot on the instance
to boot. If you're creating the VM using the KRM API, set enableSecureBoot
to true explicitly. For more information on secure boot, see Enable secure boot.
Manage Windows Server VMs
You can also manage user accounts and reset passwords on Windows Server
instances using the VirtualMachinePasswordResetRequest custom resource. After
you've configured credentials, you can connect to a Windows Server instance
using a remote desktop client.
For details on configuring credentials and connecting to Windows VMs, see Connect to a Windows VM.