How to Install OpenSSH on Windows Server 2019 or 2022

How to Install OpenSSH on Windows Server 2019 or 2022
1. Using Windows PowerShell
Open PowerShell as an Administrator.

2.
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

3. Install OpenSSH Client:
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0

4. Install OpenSSH Server:

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

5. Configure Firewall
- Open the Windows start menu, locate and click Server Manager. In the Server Manager window, navigate to Tools, and select Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security from the drop-down list.
- Now, click Inbound Rules in the open Firewall window. Then, select New Rule from the right pane.
In the New Inbound Rule Wizard, select Port from the list of options, then click Next. Select ‘TCP’, then enter port 22 in the Specific local ports: section.
- Next, allow the connection, assign the rule to server profiles, and set a custom name for easy identification from the list of Firewall rules.

Click Finish to save the new firewall rule.

6. Start-Service sshd
restart-Service sshd

7. Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'

8. To configure OpenSSH, use the following command to open the main configuration file in Notepad and make your preferred changes.
start-process notepad C:\Programdata\ssh\sshd_config

9. Login to Windows Server using SSH
$ ssh -l Administrator SERVER-IP -p port

[widevader]

Finally someone to make a good video on this, i struggled with authentication fails for days now. Checked logs reinstalled multiple times etc.

[dtnaturephotography]

Yes this is a good video, it worked and also from a workstation in the network! Great video, thank you!

[perastusovaighoro]

Hello bro, mine is getting me errors, please what might be the issue? I just created the Windows server 2022