Installing OpenSSH Server feature on Windows 2022 Insider preview

Question

When I try to Install the OpenSHH Server Feature on Windows 2022 Insider Preview it fails with the message Check your windows insider program settings also if I use Powershell I get the error PS C:\Users\Administrator> Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0 Add-WindowsCapability : Add-WindowsCapability failed. Error code = 0x800f0950 At line:1 char:2 + Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0 + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-WindowsCapability], COMException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.AddWindowsCapabilityCommand PS C:\Users\Administrator> Edition Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Version 21H2 Installed on ‎15/‎03/‎2021 OS build 20308.1

Answer 1

@Gary Rowland
Hi,
The OpenSSH client and server are in Beta, there are still many limitations and issues.
For your reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_server_configuration
For OpenSSH related issue, it is recommended to post in OpenSSH GitHub repo for more help:
https://github.com/PowerShell/openssh-portable
The master OpenSSH open source project is managed by developers at the OpenBSD Project. The Microsoft fork of this project is in GitHub.
Thank you for your understanding.

Hope above information can help you.

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Answer 2

I am also getting similar error
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
Add-WindowsCapability : Add-WindowsCapability failed. Error code = 0x8024002e
At line:1 char:1

• Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-WindowsCapability], COMException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.AddWindowsCapabilityCommand

So how is the answer helpful at all ?
That doesnt solve my problem to install openssh on my windows machine.

Answer 3

Hi all,

Maybe it's too late for Gary, but I had the same error message on Windows Server 2022, and it's just that the teams had not configured a proxy so that Windows Update could fetch its package from the internet (Otherwise check that your WSUS or other properly provisions the optional features)

Hope it will be usefull for other team.