Although Microsoft Windows does include an application to FTP and Telnet, it doesn’t come pre-installed with an application to SSH to another computer. If you need to SSH to a remote computer, you need to download a third-party program to connect over SSH.

The picture is an example of PuTTY, a popular SSH program used in Windows and other environments.

  • OpenSSH for Windows
  • SecureCRT from Vandyke
  • PuTTY
  • See our SSH overview for further information about Secure Shell.
  • Microsoft Windows help and support.