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1. Windows' built-in OpenSSH client

This section covers the command-line SSH tool that comes built into Windows (no extra software needed). If you'd rather use the graphical MobaXterm (see the MobaXterm beginner tutorial), you can skip this section.

Starting with Windows 10 version 1809 (the Fall 2018 update), Windows officially offers the OpenSSH client as an optional feature.
How to enable it manually: if you find it's not on your computer yet, you can turn it on in two simple steps:
  1. Go to Settings → Apps → Optional features.
  2. Click “Add a feature,” find “OpenSSH Client” in the list, and install it

Once installed, you can log in to a server directly from cmd or PowerShell using the ssh command, for example: 

ssh username@host_ip -p port

Replace “username”, “host_ip”, and “port” with the actual values (see the table in the Logging into the container, uploading/downloading files section for details). However, this command-line approach doesn't have a graphical drag-and-drop way to upload/download files — if you need to transfer files, a tool like MobaXterm or WinSCP is still more convenient.