Windows Server¶

About This Menu¶

Windows Server¶

Official Image Template

Customers are provided with the official image template of Windows Server which is applicable for respectively Baremetal Server, Virtual Server, and Dedicated Hypervisor.
Service Provider Licensing

Customers are provided with SPLA; i.e., Service Provider License Agreement for the use of Windows Server License.

*Please refer to the following Service Description as with the official template of non-activated Windows Server license on Barematal server environment, which is suitable for bringing Customers’ own license to cloud environment (BYOL).

Server / Dedicated Hypervisor menu available for Windows¶

When Customers utilize Windows Server with Server / Dedicated Hypervisor, following two ways are available: 1. To utilize Official Image Template; 2. To bring their own OS image.
Following is how Customers utilize Windows Server with Server / Dedicated Hypervisor respectively.

OS Use Case	Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
	Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	vSphere ESXi	Hyper-V
Official Image Template	Y	Y	Y	Y
Customers’ BYOL	Y	Y (Please refer to note)	Y	Y

Note

In case customer bring your own Windows Server image to Virtual server,
Please utilize License Switch function on Image Storage.
By using license switch, the Windows Server license on the virtual server will be changed to the license form “SPLA” provided by NTTCom.
Please note that if you use Windows Server with the image brought in by the customer without using the license switch function, it will be a license violation.
In addition, if it is discovered that the image brought in by the customer is being used without switching the license, the difference will be charged retroactively at the start of use.
Customer’s BYOL and License Switch function support only Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012.

Deployment Patterns¶

Following patterns are the detailed use cases of Windows Server with Server / Dedicated Hypervisor:

<Deployment Patterns>

Server/Dedicated Hypervisor	Objective	Host OS	Guest OS	Official Image Template	BYOL	Deployment Patterns	Availability
Baremetal Server	Host OS	Windows Server	ー	●		A	Y
					●	B	Y
	Guest OS	Any Hyper Visor	Windows Server	●		C	N
					●	D	Y
Virtual Server	Guest OS	Virtual Server Platform Environment	Windows Server	●		E	Y
					●	F	Y [1]
vSphere ESXi	Guest OS	vSphere ESXi	Windows Server	●		G	Y
					●	H	Y
Hyper-V	Guest OS	Windows Server(Hyper-V)	Windows Server	●		I	Y
					●	J	Y

[1]	Only Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 are supported.

*In case Customers utilize Dedicated Hypervisor via Hyper-V menu, the Host OS is Windows Server, but this document describes the details of Windows Server as a Guest OS.

Features¶

On-Demand

Customers can subscribe official image template of Windows Server with Baremetal and/or Virtual Server via Customer Portal / API.

Regarding how to use the official image template of Windows with Dedicated Hypervisor, please refer to the service descriptions of Dedicated Hypervisor and Guest image.
Immediate Start of Service

Customers can utilize Windows Server immediately without procure their own Provider License.

Available Functions¶

Official Image Template¶

We provide the official image templates for Windows Server.
Available OS versions are described in Menu section.

List of Functions¶

List of Functions provided with this menu’s official image template is as follows:

Name of Functions	Overview
Default Username	The username of OS will be set default of this menu.
Password Settings for Default User	Initial login password for OS user differs depending on the Server / Solution Package that Customers are utilizing.
Locale Settings	OS Country or Region / Keyboard Layout will be set default of this menu.
Security Settings (Windows Firewall Settings)	OS Security Settings (Windows Firewall) will be set default of this Menu.
Other Initial Settings	Installation of Language Pack (Japanese), as well as default gateways, DNS server, NTP server, time zone and license authentication method will be respectively set.

※Server functions (OS installation and deletion, rebuild, duplication,etc) are described in the service description “Function list” of Virtual server / Baremetal server / Dedicated hypervisor menu.Please refer to the service descriptions.

*Other than the above, default settings will be based on the ones when Customers install the OS with the media provided by Microsoft.

Descriptions of Functions¶

Initial User Name Settings¶

Initial username along with initial user permission are set as below:

Item	Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
	Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	vSphere ESXi	Hyper-V
User Name	Administrator	Administrator	Administrator	Administrator
Permission	Administrator	Administrator	Administrator	Administrator

Initial User Password Settings¶

Server password will be set accordingly as below:

Item	Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
Item	Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	vSphere ESXi	Hyper-V
Details	Customers can set their optional values via Customer Portal / API. Furthermore, if the space is left vacant, random values will be entered.	Customers cannot set optional values via Customer Portal / API. When the server is initially logged in, optional values can be set.	Customers can set any values when Virtual Machine is created.	Customers can set any values when Virtual Machine is created.

Locale Settings¶

OS Country or Region / Keyboard Layout will be set as follows:

Item	Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
	Baremetal Server	Virtual Server(※)	vSphere ESXi	Hyper-V
Country or Region	US	US	US	US
Keyboard layout	US	US	US	US

※ Only in the case of WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_Japanese_include-license_virtual-server_02, settings are configured as Country or Region：JP, Keyboard layout：US. Change them when you need.

Security setting (Windows Firewall setting)¶

Windows Firewall settings reception rule is as follows.

Item	Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
	Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	vSphere ESXi	Hyper-V
Port 3389(「Remote Desktop User Mode(TCP-in) 」) *Permit connectivity via computer that activates Remote-Desktop	enable	enable	enable	enable
Port 5985(Windows Remote management(HTTP-in) ) *Permit activating “winrm”	enable	enable	enable	enable

Dedicated tool setting¶

Followings are configurations of tools on each Server and Dedicated Hypervisor.

Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	Hyper-V	vSphere ESXi
Cloudbase-init	Cloudbase-init Virtio Driver	Integrated service	VMWare Tools

Other Initial Settings¶

Other Settings that required Setting provided by Microsoft than the above are as follows:

Item	Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
	Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	vSphere ESXi	Hyper-V
Install Language Pack (Japanese)	Installation of Japanese Language Pack is installed Customers can change the language setting to Japanese by selecting “Add Language”.	Installation of Japanese Language Pack is installed Installation of Japanese Language Pack is installed Customers can change the language setting to Japanese by selecting “Add Language”.※3	Installation of Japanese Language Pack is installed Customers can change the language setting to Japanese by selecting “Add Language”.	Installation of Japanese Language Pack is installed Customers can change the language setting to Japanese by selecting “Add Language”.
Default Gateway	Assigned values for Logical Network will be set.	Assigned values for Logical Network will be set. *1	Left vacant; Customers can set after creation.	Left vacant; Customers can set after creation.
DNS Server	Assigned values for Logical Network will be set.	Assigned values for Logical Network will be set. *1	Left vacant; Customers can set after creation.	Left vacant; Customers can set after creation.
NTP Server	Assigned values for Logical Network will be set. If left vacant, 169.254.127.1 will be set.	IP address “169.254.127.1” is automatically set.	IP address “169.254.127.1” is automatically set.	IP address “169.254.127.1” is automatically set.
Time Zones	UTC	UTC	UTC	UTC
Licensing Certificate Server（KMS Server)	KMS Server is assigned for OS Licensing Certificate.*2	KMS Server is assigned for OS Licensing Certificate.*2	KMS Server is assigned for OS Licensing Certificate.*2	KMS Server is assigned for OS Licensing Certificate.*2

NOTE1: In case of DHCP=false, this column is null. Customer need to configure after creation.
NOTE2: License Activation will be executed automatically after OS boot if customer create Common Function Gateway and attach it to server.
※3 Only in the case of WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_Japanese_include-license_virtual-server_02, default language setting is Japanese and additional Language Pack isn’t installed.

Item¶

Official Image Template¶

Following is the official image template provided with the Windows Server:

Official Image Template	OS Versions	OS Edition	Service Pack	bit	Language	Type of License	Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
							Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	vSphere ESXi 5.5	vSphere ESXi 6.x	Hyper-V
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition	Windows Server 2012 R2	Standard Edition	ー	64	EN ※	SPLA	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition	Windows Server 2016	Standard Edition	ー	64	EN ※	SPLA	Y	N*	Y	Y	Y
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition	Windows Server 2016	Datacenter Edition	ー	64	EN ※	SPLA	Y	Y※	Y	Y	Y
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition (Japanese)	Windows Server 2016	Datacenter Edition	ー	64	JP	SPLA	N	Y※	N	N	N
Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition	Windows Server 2019	Standard Edition	ー	64	EN ※	SPLA	Y	N	N	Y	N
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition	Windows Server 2019	Datacenter Edition	ー	64	EN ※	SPLA	Y	Y	N	Y	N

*If customers wish to set the OS language in Japanese, they must set the language via the control panel on their own.
*Since the Virtual server provides Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition and Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition which include all functions, it does not provide Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition and Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition.
※ Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition and Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition on Virtual Server’s offers limited data center. Please check the provided data center

Subscription Method¶

Baremetal Server and / or Virtual Server Platforms¶

Add New Subscription

Customers can assign the following image template when the Sever is being created.

Server
Baremetal Server	Virtual Server
WindowsServer-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01	WindowsServer-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_virtual-server_42
WindowsServer-2016_Standard_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01
WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01	WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02
	WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_Japanese_include-license_virtual-server_02
WindowsServer-2019_Standard_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01
WindowsServer-2019_Datacenter_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01	WindowsServer-2019_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02

Terminate the existing Subscription

Customers can delete Baremetal Server / Virtual Server with which they had created the Windows Server Official Image Template.Hyper-V Server Platforms.

In Case of Dedicated Hypervisor¶

New subscription method/termination subscription method

Please refer to Service Description of “Dedicated Hypervisor” and “Guest Image”.

Terms and Conditions¶

Conditions for Usage with Other Services¶

This menu must be combined with either two menus:

1.Combined either of Baremetal Server / Virtual Server for subscription

2.Customers are required to make a request for subscribing Dedicated Hypervisor first, and then place an order for this menu separately.
In order for Customers to activate OS License, Customers are required to obtain common functionality of Gateways.

When Customers are to utilize Windows Server, please request for subscription.

OS license authentication will not be available if Customers disconnect Common Function Gateway where Windows Server’s OS license authentication has done.

As such, please keep in mind not to disconnect it.
In the event that Customers utilize NTP Server that is provided in this service, they will essentially be required to obtain the Common Function Gateway. If Customers would like to request such, they are suggested that they request for subscription.

If they wish to utilize that, they should call in for inquiry.
An Internet connection is required for Windows Update. Please apply for Internet connectivity if you want to execute Windows Update.
An Internet connection is required to install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2. If you want to install .NET Framework 3.5, please apply for Internet connectivity.

(Internet connection is not required for Windows Server-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_virtual-server_42, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019.)

Minimum Use Period¶

This service does not require Minimum Use Period.

Pricing¶

Initial Fee¶

This service does not require Initial Fees.

Monthly Fee¶

Billing structures do differ depending upon what Server / Dedicated Hypervisor the Customers would like to utilize.

Baremetal Server¶

Billing:

Fixed Monthly billing is applied.
Scope of Billing:

It is a bare metal server used at least once a month.

*For subscriptions of Baremetal Server(s) which Customers utilize concurrently will also be charged.

*In case Customers delete and re-create Baremetal Server within the same month, the monthly fee of this menu will be based on the total quantity of Baremetal Servers utilized by Customers.

*The charge of this menu differs depending on the baremetal server flavor, OS version and edition. Please refer to the price list for details.

https://ecl.ntt.com/en/pricing

Please refer to Baremetal Server service description for details of Baremetal Server flavor.

Virtual Server¶

Billing:

Metered billing per minute with uppermost maximum caps per month is applied. Two-step caps is applied.
Scope of Billing:

Instance that is attached to Volume where OS License is stored is the corresponding subject of the bill.

NOTE: In the event that this menu’s Official Image Template OS is stored within a Volume and is attached multiply to one Instance, this menu’s basic billing is added depending upon the number of Volume.

NOTE: Based on the Flavor for the Instance that is being attached with Volume(s), this menu’s billing will shift.

https://ecl.ntt.com/en/pricing

NOTE: Relations amongst Instance, Volume, and Virtual Server’s Instance Flavor, please refer to the Virtual Server Service Description:

Dedicated hypervisor¶

As with the Billing Structures concerning the user of Windows Server over Dedicated Hypervisor, please refer to the Dedicated Hypervisor and Guest Image Service Description:

Quality of Service¶

Support Coverage¶

Supported Official Image Templates¶

Support is corresponding to the the Virtual Machines that is created Baremetal Server, Virtual Server, and Dedicated Hypervisor from the following Official Image Template

Server/Dedicated Hypervisor
Baremetal Server	Virtual Server	vSphere ESXi	Hyper-V
WindowsServer-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01	WindowsServer-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_virtual-server_32	WindowsServer-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_hw9_vSphere-ESXi_02	WindowsServer-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_gen2_Hyper-V_02
WindowsServer-2016_Standard_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01	WindowsServer-2012R2_Standard_64_include-license_virtual-server_42	WindowsServer-2016_Standard_64_include-license_hw9_vSphere-ESXi_02	WindowsServer-2016_Standard_64_include-license_gen2_hyper-v_02
WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01	WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02※	WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_hw9_vSphere-ESXi_02	WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_gen2_hyper-v_02
	WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_Japanese_include-license_virtual-server_02※
WindowsServer-2019_Standard_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01	WindowsServer-2019_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02※	WindowsServer-2019_Standard_64_include-license_hw11_vSphere-ESXi_02
WindowsServer-2019_Datacenter_64_include-license_baremetal-server_01		WindowsServer-2019_Datacenter_64_include-license_hw11_vSphere-ESXi_02

※WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02、WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_Japanese_include-license_virtual-server_02、WindowsServer-2019_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02 are limited data center to be provided. Please check the provided data center.

Support deadline of OS provided in the official image template of this menu is defined by the following and Microsoft.

OS Version and Edition	Start Support	End Support	End date of the extended support
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition	2013/11/25	2018/10/09	2023/10/10
Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition	2016/10/15	2022/01/11	2027/01/11
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition	2016/10/15	2022/01/11	2027/01/11
Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition	2018/11/13	2024/01/09	2029/01/09
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition	2018/11/13	2024/01/09	2029/01/09

Support Method¶

This menu supports initial setting, initial login to server, and OS activation authentication.
Even in the event that Customers request Support with regards to the reports of failure, errors or any troubles Customers face at installation, Setup, basic functioning, NTTCom will not activate Support Service (which includes investigation, troubleshooting, and technical advice).

Operations¶

Quality of this ｍenu’s Operations corresponds to that of standardized regulations which NTTCom defines thereof in details.

SLA¶

This Menu’s SLA corresponds to that of standardized regulation of what NTTCom defines thereof in details.

Region¶

The provision regions of this menu are as follows.

	Region
Baremetal Server	JP1,JP2,JP4,JP5,JP6
Virtual Server	JP1, JP2, JP4, JP5, JP6, JP7
Hyper-V	JP1,JP2,JP4,JP5,JP6
vSphereESXi	JP1,JP2,JP4,JP5,JP6

The following official image templates are limited in the provided region. The provided regions are as follows.

WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02

Region
JP1, JP2, JP4, JP5, JP6, JP7

WindowsServer-2016_Datacenter_64_Japanese_include-license_virtual-server_02

Region
JP1, JP2, JP4, JP5, JP6, JP7

WindowsServer-2019_Datacenter_64_include-license_virtual-server_02

Region
JP1, JP2, JP4, JP5, JP6, JP7

Restrictions¶

In the event that the Customers utilize Windows Server for other use than this Menu, they are prohibited to utilize OS Licensing Authentication Server (that is KMS Server) which NTTCom provides.

*Customers are also prohibited from creating virtual machines separately for Windows OS (including Windows Server OS) in Baremetal Server by turning Hyper-V Functions on for Windows Server.

NOTE: In the event that the Customers would like to utilize the Server described in the above manner, Customers are recommended that they utilize Dedicated Hypervisor Menu.
As Customers utilize this menu, Customers are notified that they have agreed to the details of Microsoft Services Provider Use Rights (SPUR). For the details, please refer to the following URL for the details.

Microsoft Services Provider Use Rights (SPUR):

https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/licensing/licensing-programs/spla-program.aspx

*Please see to the most updated version of Service Provider Use Rights (SPUR).
Be sure to connect to the common function gateway as you will not be able to charge properly.

If it is found that the billing is not correct at a later date , the difference will be billed retroactively at the start of use.
Since it violates the terms of use of SPLA and it will not be possible to charge properly, it is prohibited to upgrade the OS major version of guest images on dedicated hypervisor, virtual server, bare metal server, created from the official image template.

If it is found that the billing is not correct at a later date , the difference will be billed retroactively at the start of use.
Use Arcserve to back up your Windows Server. Please refer to the link below for the OS that can be backed up by Arcserve.

https://ecl.ntt.com/documents/tutorials/rsts/Arcserve/reference.html (Japanese)

https://ecl.ntt.com/en/documents/tutorials/rsts/Arcserve/reference.html (English)
The following are not supported for backup services.

・Windows Server 2019

・Windows Server 2016 installed on General Purpose 2 v3 and General Purpose 3 v3 of bare metal servers

Please refer to the link below for the OS that can be backed up by the backup service.

https://ecl.ntt.com/documents/service-descriptions/backup/backup.html#id27 (Japanese)

https://ecl.ntt.com/en/documents/service-descriptions/rsts/backup/backup.html#id26 (English)
Network load balancing is not supported on Virtual servers, Dedicated Hypervisors.
In the case of Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016, storage pool and storage space direct are not available.
NTT Com does not support the OS version that Microsoft support is expired. And NTT Com does not extend such expiration dates.
When using a failover cluster with a virtual server, it is necessary to change the settings.

Note

Please refer to the following FAQ. https://ecl.ntt.com/faq/2.0/virtual-server-96/

VMware ESXi for BYOL

Windows Server for BYOL