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Compute Canada is currently running a Windows pilot program where a limited number of licensed Windows VMs are provided for users by Compute Canada for a limited period of time. The trial period is approximately until the end of summer 2020. | |||
Before you begin participating in this pilot you should know the following conditions: | |||
* This is a pilot program. While we expect access to continue and service to be fairly smooth it may turn out that neither is true. | |||
* Support by the National Cloud Team is best-effort only. | |||
* The pilot is expected to last until August/September 2020. After this time the service may continue. | |||
* There is no cost to participate in the pilot. It is not known if the service will continue beyond the pilot period nor what the future cost will be, if any. | |||
* Participants are not allowed to directly add local user accounts to their VMs. The licensing requirements require that the Cloud National Team reports the number of users to Microsoft on a monthly basis and directly adding accounts will make this difficult. | |||
* Participants are required to respond to questions about how they are using the system, such as the software installed, their satisfaction with the system, and suggestions they may have for the future. | |||
=Request access to the Windows pilot= | |||
To request access to the Windows pilot send an email to [mailto:cloud@computecanada.ca cloud@computecanada.ca] acknowledging that you understand and agree to the conditions of the pilot (see above). You will be provided access to a Windows 2019 Dataceter image, a windows flavor to ensure the Windows VM is created on a licensed node, and a username to use when connecting. | |||
=SSH key pair= | =SSH key pair= | ||