Windows Server 2012 R2 VPS hosting
Why host Windows Server 2012 R2 in the cloud
IIS 8.5 web hosting
Host ASP.NET, PHP, and classic ASP websites with IIS 8.5. Built-in dynamic site activation, enhanced logging, and request filtering give you a solid web hosting platform with lower memory usage than newer versions.
.NET Framework 4.5 built in
Windows Server 2012 R2 ships with .NET Framework 4.5 pre-installed. Run your .NET web applications, Windows services, and business tools without additional framework installation or configuration.
PowerShell 4.0 and DSC
Automate server management with PowerShell 4.0 and Desired State Configuration (DSC). Write scripts to configure your server, schedule tasks, and manage deployments without manual intervention.
Battle-tested over a decade
Windows Server 2012 R2 has been running in production environments worldwide since 2013. It is one of the most stable and well-understood server platforms Microsoft has released, with a massive knowledge base and community support.
Lower resource footprint
Windows Server 2012 R2 is lighter on RAM and CPU than 2016, 2019, or 2022. It runs efficiently with 2 GB of RAM, making it a cost-effective choice when your applications do not require features from newer editions.
Resilient File System (ReFS)
Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced ReFS, a file system designed for maximum data integrity. ReFS automatically detects and corrects data corruption, providing an extra layer of protection for your files.
Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual cloud servers
The next generation of VPS Hosting: scalable, customizable
AMD powered virtual serversPowered by AMD EPYC Milan processors. Outstanding value for compute-intensive workloads. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G5.1 | 1 GB | 100 GBs | 2 TBs | 2 AMD Milan vCPUs | $12.00/mo | $0.017/hr | Deploy |
| G5.2 | 2 GB | 100 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 AMD Milan vCPUs | $20.00/mo | $0.030/hr | Deploy |
| G5.4 | 4 GB | 150 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 AMD Milan vCPUs | $33.00/mo | $0.049/hr | Deploy |
| G5.8 Popular | 8 GB | 200 GBs | 6 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $51.00/mo | $0.076/hr | Deploy |
| G5.12 | 12 GB | 200 GBs | 8 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $70.00/mo | $0.104/hr | Deploy |
General purpose virtual serversBalanced RAM and CPU for small to medium workloads. Great for hosting multiple websites. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G3.1 | 1 GB | 35 GBs | 2 TBs | 2 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $12.00/mo | $0.017/hr | Deploy |
| G3.2 | 2 GB | 50 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $20.00/mo | $0.030/hr | Deploy |
| G3.4 | 4 GB | 80 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $33.00/mo | $0.049/hr | Deploy |
| G3.8 Popular | 8 GB | 160 GBs | 6 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $51.00/mo | $0.076/hr | Deploy |
| G3.12 | 12 GB | 200 GBs | 8 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $70.00/mo | $0.104/hr | Deploy |
High frequency virtual serversIntel Xeon Gold processors at 3.5GHz for high processing power per request. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G4.1 | 1 GB | 40 GBs | 4 TBs | 2 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $17.00/mo | $0.025/hr | Deploy |
| G4.2 | 2 GB | 50 GBs | 5 TBs | 2 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $30.00/mo | $0.045/hr | Deploy |
| G4.4 | 4 GB | 80 GBs | 7 TBs | 2 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $53.00/mo | $0.079/hr | Deploy |
| G4.8 | 8 GB | 160 GBs | 8 TBs | 4 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $86.00/mo | $0.128/hr | Deploy |
| G4.12 | 12 GB | 200 GBs | 10 TBs | 4 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $120.00/mo | $0.179/hr | Deploy |
| G4.16 | 16 GB | 300 GBs | 12 TBs | 6 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $140.00/mo | $0.209/hr | Deploy |
| G4.32 | 32 GB | 400 GBs | 12 TBs | 6 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $260.00/mo | $0.387/hr | Deploy |
| G4.64 | 64 GB | 400 GBs | 20 TBs | 6 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $400.00/mo | $0.595/hr | Deploy |
Storage optimized virtual serversTerabytes of storage space with generous CPU and RAM allocation. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G5D.2 | 2 GB | 500 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 AMD Milan vCPUs | $50.00/mo | $0.075/hr | Deploy |
| G3D.2 | 2 GB | 500 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $50.00/mo | $0.075/hr | Deploy |
| G3D.4 | 4 GB | 1000 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $93.00/mo | $0.138/hr | Deploy |
| G5D.4 | 4 GB | 1000 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 AMD Milan vCPUs | $93.00/mo | $0.138/hr | Deploy |
| G3D.8 | 8 GB | 2000 GBs | 5 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $176.00/mo | $0.262/hr | Deploy |
| G5D.8 | 8 GB | 2000 GBs | 5 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $176.00/mo | $0.262/hr | Deploy |
High memory optimized virtual serversExtra RAM for databases, caching servers, and gaming applications. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G3M.16 | 16 GB | 300 GBs | 10 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $80.00/mo | $0.119/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.16 | 16 GB | 300 GBs | 10 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $80.00/mo | $0.119/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.32 | 32 GB | 400 GBs | 12 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $140.00/mo | $0.209/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.32 | 32 GB | 400 GBs | 12 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $140.00/mo | $0.209/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.48 | 48 GB | 400 GBs | 14 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $200.00/mo | $0.298/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.48 | 48 GB | 400 GBs | 14 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $200.00/mo | $0.298/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.64 | 64 GB | 500 GBs | 16 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $260.00/mo | $0.387/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.64 | 64 GB | 500 GBs | 16 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $260.00/mo | $0.387/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.96 | 96 GB | 700 GBs | 20 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $320.00/mo | $0.476/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.96 | 96 GB | 700 GBs | 20 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $320.00/mo | $0.476/hr | Deploy |
AMD powered virtual servers
Powered by AMD EPYC Milan processors. Outstanding value for compute-intensive workloads.
- 1GB RAM
- 100GB disk
- 2TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 100GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 150GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 6TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 12GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 8TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
General purpose virtual servers
Balanced RAM and CPU for small to medium workloads. Great for hosting multiple websites.
- 1GB RAM
- 35GB disk
- 2TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 50GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 80GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 160GB disk
- 6TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 12GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 8TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
High frequency virtual servers
Intel Xeon Gold processors at 3.5GHz for high processing power per request.
- 1GB RAM
- 40GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 50GB disk
- 5TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 80GB disk
- 7TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 160GB disk
- 8TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 12GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 10TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 16GB RAM
- 300GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 32GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 64GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 20TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
Storage optimized virtual servers
Terabytes of storage space with generous CPU and RAM allocation.
- 2GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 1000GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 1000GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 2000GB disk
- 5TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 2000GB disk
- 5TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
High memory optimized virtual servers
Extra RAM for databases, caching servers, and gaming applications.
- 16GB RAM
- 300GB disk
- 10TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 16GB RAM
- 300GB disk
- 10TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 32GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 32GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 48GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 14TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 48GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 14TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 64GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 16TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 64GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 16TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 96GB RAM
- 700GB disk
- 20TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 96GB RAM
- 700GB disk
- 20TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
The professional Windows Server provider
Windows Server 2012 R2 on ColossusCloud: a feature rich VPS platform
Enterprise grade infrastructure for your Windows workloads
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6 global data centers
Host your legacy IIS and .NET applications close to your customers. Choose from Silicon Valley, Las Vegas, Dallas, Ashburn, Amsterdam, or Singapore.
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Daily backups available
Protect your legacy workloads with daily snapshots. Your entire server, including IIS sites, SQL databases, and application data, can be restored with one click.
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Ready in minutes
Your Windows Server 2012 R2 VPS deploys in under 5 minutes with the latest security patches applied, ready to connect via Remote Desktop.
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Double the CPU cores
Every plan includes twice the vCPUs of typical providers. Legacy applications that were designed for older, slower hardware will run faster than ever.
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Self-service portal
Deploy, resize, snapshot, and reboot your server from our web portal anytime. No support tickets, no waiting.
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Built for uptime
Your data is stored on Ceph distributed storage with triple replication, and our network has no single point of failure. Built for always-on legacy workloads.
Deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 VPS servers worldwide
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All Windows editions
All Windows Server editions available
- Windows 2008 R2
- Windows 2012 R2
- Windows 2016
- Windows 2019
- Windows 2022
- Windows 2025
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Frequently asked questions
Windows Server 2012 R2 remains a solid and stable platform. Many businesses continue to use it for applications that were built and tested specifically for this version. It is also lighter on resources than newer editions, which can be an advantage for certain workloads.
Yes. Windows Server 2012 R2 shares the same kernel as Windows 7 and 8, so most desktop applications built for those versions run without modification. Business software, Office, browsers, and custom tools all work the same way.
Yes. ColossusCloud is a Microsoft SPLA partner. Every Windows Server 2012 R2 VPS comes with a genuine, properly licensed copy of Windows Server. Licenses for Office, SQL Server, and other Microsoft products are also available.
Windows Server 2012 R2 is lightweight and can run with as little as 2 GB of RAM. We recommend at least 4 GB for general use. For IIS, SQL Server, or running a browser, 8 GB and four CPUs is a better starting point.
Yes. Deploy a fresh Windows Server 2012 R2 VPS on ColossusCloud and transfer your files, databases, and application settings. Our support team can assist with the migration if needed.
Windows Server 2012 R2 excels for legacy line-of-business applications, older versions of SQL Server, classic ASP.NET sites on IIS 8.5, and software that was certified for this specific version. It is also a popular choice for QuickBooks and other accounting applications from that era.