Extract and start the installation wizard by double-clicking Copsshx.x.xInstaller.exe. Accept the default installation location: C: Program Files ICW When the wizard prompts you for the user account under which the copSSH server runs, override the default values and provide the user name and password of the service account.

If I hadn’t found this free version, I’d probably have gone the Cygwin+OpenSSH route, but using CopSSH has made things easier. So, the first thing to do on the machine that will act as a server is to download and install this software: 1. Download the free version of CopSSH 3.1.4. At the time of writing it is available at the CopSSH website.
To get an SSH client onto Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019, without using 3rd party software or installing Windows Subsystem for Linux, use the PowerShell command: Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client0.0.1.0. To add an SSH client and SSH server to Windows Server 2019, use the following PowerShell commands.

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Applies to Windows Server 2019, Windows 10

OpenSSH is a connectivity tool for remote login that uses the SSH protocol. It encrypts all traffic between client and server to eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks.

OpenSSH can be used to connect Window 10 (build 1809 and later) or Windows Server 2019 devices with OpenSSH Client installed to those devices with OpenSSH Server installed.

Important

If you downloaded OpenSSH from the GitHub repo at PowerShell/openssh-portable, follow the instructions listed there, not the ones in this article.

Install OpenSSH using Windows Settings

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Both OpenSSH components can be installed using Windows Settings on Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 devices.

To install the OpenSSH components:

Open Settings, select Apps > Apps & Features, then select Optional Features.
Scan the list to see if the OpenSSH is already installed. If not, at the top of the page, select Add a feature, then:
- Find OpenSSH Client, then click Install
- Find OpenSSH Server, then click Install

Once setup completes, return to Apps > Apps & Features and Optional Features and you should see OpenSSH listed.

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Note

Installing OpenSSH Server will create and enable a firewall rule named OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP. This allows inbound SSH traffic on port 22. If this rule is not enabled and this port is not open, connections will be refused or reset.

Install OpenSSH using PowerShell

To install OpenSSH using PowerShell, run PowerShell as an Administrator.To make sure that OpenSSH is available, run the following cmdlet:

This should return the following output if neither are already installed:

Then, install the server or client components as needed:

Both of these should return the following output:

Start and configure OpenSSH Server

To start and configure OpenSSH Server for initial use, open PowerShell as an administrator, then run the following commands to start the sshd service:

Connect to OpenSSH Server

Once installed, you can connect to OpenSSH Server from a Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019 device with the OpenSSH client installed using PowerShell as follows. Be sure to run PowerShell as an administrator:

Once connected, you get a message similar to the following:

Selecting yes adds that server to the list of known SSH hosts on your Windows client.

You are prompted for the password at this point. As a security precaution, your password will not be displayed as you type.

Once connected, you will see the Windows command shell prompt:

Uninstall OpenSSH using Windows Settings

To uninstall OpenSSH using Windows Settings:

Open Settings, then go to Apps > Apps & Features.
Go to Optional Features.
In the list, select OpenSSH Client or OpenSSH Server.
Select Uninstall.

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Uninstall OpenSSH using PowerShell

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To uninstall the OpenSSH components using PowerShell, use the following commands:

You may need to restart Windows afterwards if the service was in use at the time it was uninstalled.