The procedure

To create a Windows VM the basic steps are as follows:

Click Launch Instance as usual
Select the Instance Boot Source, should be either Boot form image or Boot from image (creates a new volume)
Select the Windows image you have been given access to. Note there maybe other Windows images available on the clouds which were not provided by CC staff, use with caution.
If booting from a volume choose a Device size of 30 GB or more
Select a public key to use for encrypting the password (see notes about key pairs to ensure your key pair will work)
Set any other usual settings for your VM (e.g. flavor, security group, etc.) and click Launch
Associate a floating IP with the VM
Wait for the volume creation to finish and the VM to start running
On initial boot there are additional localization settings that need to be set through the Console tab
Wait for reboot to complete, will see a line containing INFO cloudbaseinit.init [-] Stopping Cloudbase-Init service on the log tab once reboot has completed
Retrieve the password form the VM using your private key
Open the port for Remote Desktop Connection (RDC, port 3389) allowing only the IP of the machine your connecting from
Connect to the VM using Remote Desktop Connection with the provided username, and your decrypted password

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