This article will show you how to connect to a linux server via SSH (Secure Shell).
On Windows we recommend the SSH program “PuTTy.”
PuTTY.exe is a program that makes Windows users establish a secure connection to Linux (and Unix) terminals, among other things
PuTTY can be downloaded from the authors website
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
When you open PuTTy you will be presented with the following screen:

Please enter the IP address or hostname of your linux server and then press the Open button.
You will then be shown the following message:

Click Yes to this message. You will get this the first time you connect to a server.
You will then be asked to enter your username and password.

You can now enter commands into the SSH client.