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Lay Yuddi Layman
Lay Yuddi Layman

Reputation: 81

How to install windows 10 client in google cloud

How to install windows 10 client in google cloud? Because I only can choose windows server from the list.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 23214

Answers (2)

jdstone
jdstone

Reputation: 71

This appears to be an option now. However, you must provide your own Windows license and import your image as a virtual disk.

See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/#windows_client for more information.

Upvotes: 3

TomC
TomC

Reputation: 2814

Unfortunately this does not seem to be a use case that Google has catered for. I too have a need to have a cloud desktop that I can access anywhere. There are two clear use cases for this

  1. where you need to create a true virtual desktop that you can access from anywhere, including a client site, airport, etc
  2. for creating test environments where you need to test an app on something other than a (costly) windows server instance.

The Google compute engine looks to be designed for servers / services only. Think the easiest option for now is to do it in Azure where spinning up test or other desktops is recognised as a valid use case.

Upvotes: 3

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