Windows Server 2019 VPS Hosting in Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria

Compatibility and cost. If your application vendor certifies against Server 2019 — common for older .NET Framework and line-of-business software — it's the safest home, and each plan costs less than the same plan on a newer version.

Microsoft's extended support for Windows Server 2019 runs to January 2029, with security updates until then. For brand-new deployments with a longer horizon, consider our Server 2022 or 2025 plans.

Yes. Connect over RDP with full administrator rights from the first boot. It's your server to configure however you like.

Yes. Plans are sized for SQL Server workloads with fast NVMe storage and generous RAM. SQL Server licensing is handled separately from the base Windows licence — talk to sales for a sized quote.

Yes. Resize to a larger plan as your workload grows, with minimal downtime. You can also move to Server 2022 or 2025 on a fresh instance whenever you're ready.

Every plan supports on-demand snapshots and scheduled automated backups. Snapshot storage is billed per GB beyond your included allowance.

Windows Server 2019 Standard is $2 per vCPU per month on a minimum of four cores, so $8 a month on any plan up to four vCPU. You can check it against the Linux list: the 2 GB plan is $21.95 and the 2 GB Windows plan, the same machine with Windows on it, is $29.95. At eight cores it is 8 × $2, which is why the 16 GB Windows plan is $181.10 against $165.10.

Two reasons, and neither is preference. Either a vendor certifies against 2019 and will not support anything newer, or you are running enough small instances that $4 a month each against 2025 adds up. If neither applies, 2022 is the version most current software is certified against first.

It depends what you are standing up. For an application whose vendor is themselves winding it down, or a machine you expect to retire with the system it hosts, it is plenty. For a deployment that should still be running at the end of the decade, take 2022 to October 2031 or 2025 to October 2034 — the licence difference is $2 to $4 a month at four cores.

Yes, as a fresh build rather than an in-place upgrade: new instance, install, copy the data, cut over. Both are on the same account and in the same three regions, and you can run the old and new machines side by side for as long as the application takes to sign off.

The country the staff are in, not the country the company is registered in. A remote desktop is a conversation that lasts a working day rather than a series of short errands, so the distance is paid on every keystroke — and each country's records then sit under that country's law rather than somebody else's.

Yes, and it is the default: quoted, invoiced and settled in USD by card or bank transfer, licence component included. If the country office is the entity that should be paying, switch to that market and it settles in KES, TZS or NGN. Displayed prices exclude tax, and where VAT applies it is shown separately at checkout.

Yes — and on a Windows instance that is the point, because personal data on these machines is rarely only in a database. The desktop, the documents folder, the file shares, the exports, the mail archive and any local backup are all created in that region's city and are not moved out without your instruction.

No. The account is yours wherever you are and the region is chosen at deploy time. You contract with LINESERVE, INC., registered in Dover, Delaware; what is in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Lagos is the infrastructure.

Your data stays in the region you deploy to. Across our data centres in Nairobi (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and Lagos (Nigeria) it never has to leave the continent — deploy in the country closest to your users and your data is held there.

In whichever of our three regions you choose — Nairobi (ke-1a), Dar es Salaam (tz-1a), or Lagos (ng-1a). Your content is stored and served from that in-country facility.

Pay in USD by card or bank transfer — or switch to our Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria or Uganda market to pay locally in KES, TZS, NGN or UGX with methods like M-Pesa and MTN Mobile Money.

You can view and pay in USD, or switch to a local market to pay in KES (Kenya), TZS (Tanzania), or NGN (Nigeria). You're settled in the currency you choose at checkout.