I tried Amazon EC2, google compute engine, Windows Azure, Oracle Cloud, Alicloud
The best is Amazon EC2, it has excellent performance with even a free tier, google compute engine is not that smooth. However, Amazon EC2 keeps crashing when I tried to import VM into Virtualbox or tried to install Windows from Virtualbox. And there's some hyper-v prompt for VMWare.
Google compute engine is able to support Virtualbox, however, the performance is not good. Say in my iMac (2.7G i5, 16G memory, SSD) and my Windows (2011 Asus N53 i7, 16G memory, SSD), the windows XP start time is around 7 seconds. In google Virtualbox, it takes 1mins and 40 seconds. And the function for huatai "detecting site speed" is not available. BTW, need remove intelppm.sys or update the registry value to run Virtualbox VM on google compute engine. Google compute engine provides $300 credit.
I don't really use Windows Azure, the design and interface looks not friendly.
For Oracle Cloud, it provides huge disk (at least 256G), and the performance is not bad. And it supports Virtualbox as expected. However, the VM performance within Virtualbox is even worse than google compute engine. Oracle Cloud is not fast or friendly in the management GUI as Amazon or Google, say, you need manually perform some actions to allow remote desktop access. The region can only be north america or euro.
Alicloud sucks, it asked me to have some money firstly in my account, and it deducts my money directly even after I shutdown the VM. It's free trial doesn't support Windows host.
Will try tscon on Amazon EC2, maytry Windows Azure
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/running/via-rdp/keeping-computer-unlocked.html
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/arnona/2016/01/03/keeping-an-active-desktop-session/
AutoIt autoit winwaitactive remote desktop doesn't work well.
http://www.brianlinkletter.com/network-labs-using-nested-virtualization-in-the-cloud/
Cloud service providers support for nested virtualization
| Cloud provider | Nested virtualization | Level of support for Linux VMs | Free trial period | Free trial limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon EC2 | No | N/A | 1 year | 8,760 CPU-hours |
| Oracle Cloud | Yes | Full support | 30 days | $300 worth of services. 8 vCPU |
| Google Compute Engine | Yes | In Beta | 1 year | $300 worth of services. 8 vCPU |
| Microsoft Azure IaaS | Yes | Unofficial, but it works | 30 days | $250 worth of services. 4 vCPU |
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