# About deploying Discourse on Windows Server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-deploying-discourse-on-windows-server/384295
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** unsupported-install
**Created:** [September 29, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-deploying-discourse-on-windows-server/384295 "2025-09-29T17:08:31Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-deploying-discourse-on-windows-server/384295/2 "2025-09-29T19:14:59Z")

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I’m afraid there is no tutorial for that, as it’s an unsupported configuration for a production install.

Can you run a Linux VM on your server and then follow the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) guide ?

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