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You can use Putty the popular SSH client from here,<br />
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<a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html" rel="ugc">http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html</a><br />
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Regards,<br />
Lego
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You can use Putty the popular SSH client from here,

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html]

Regards,
Lego

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Another thing you can do with Win 2008 is install the server in command line mode only and RDP to it getting only the cmd. It is secure becasue it implements RDP version 6.<br />
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One caveat for this is that the core installation of win2008 does not include everything so it depends on which services you would install.<br />
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Other than that I guess the Pros before poitned out how to get SSH on Windows.
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Another thing you can do with Win 2008 is install the server in command line mode only and RDP to it getting only the cmd. It is secure becasue it implements RDP version 6.

One caveat for this is that the core installation of win2008 does not include everything so it depends on which services you would install.

Other than that I guess the Pros before poitned out how to get SSH on Windows.

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install freesshd <a href="http://www.freesshd.com/?ctt=download" rel="ugc">http://www.freesshd.com/?ctt=download</a>
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install freesshd http://www.freesshd.com/?ctt=download [http://www.freesshd.com/?ctt=download]

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Do you require ssh access or just remote access to the server? &nbsp;If it's the later Windows provides remote desktop access e.g.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYJWRsvg6E&feature=related" rel="ugc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYJWRsvg6E&feature=related</a>
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Do you require ssh access or just remote access to the server?  If it's the later Windows provides remote desktop access e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYJWRsvg6E&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYJWRsvg6E&feature=related]

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A convenient way to administer my servers in linux is to simply SSH into them and access them via a console. It is very convenient, easy to configure, and lightweight.<br />
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Is there any way I could do the same thing with Windows Server 2008, and get access to a Command Prompt via SSH?
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A convenient way to administer my servers in linux is to simply SSH into them and access them via a console. It is very convenient, easy to configure, and lightweight.

Is there any way I could do the same thing with Windows Server 2008, and get access to a Command Prompt via SSH?

Command prompt via SSH in Windows Server 2008?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Telnet is an application layer protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection. SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and for unsecured remote shell protocols. The term telnet is also used to refer to the software that implements the client part of the protocol. SSH provides a secure channel over an unsecured network in a client-server architecture, connecting an SSH client application with an SSH server.

SSH / Telnet Software

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.