Yes Im really asking...how do I setup a VPS??

It's common problem when you're new on this and now it's easy to find out all processes to to set up VPS as we have google. When I started my business with offshore seo vps felt the same problme and hosting provider help me online to fix that easily. Hope you did already set up. Cheers

Did things work out zsimpson?

If you have purchased a managed server than their support team can also help you in setting up your domain.

I got all my apache setup thru wamp i have know
serval websites going thru wamp
but you need to study understand apache
Virtual-host runs diffrent from version to version
on apache to get multipule websites running,
i am adding a free mail service aswell but
dont no what one to choose yet....

I remember my first VPS and dedicated server experiences with hostgator. I don't envy you for having to develop these skills from scratch zsimpson22, but I often found that it took serious digging on Big G to actually find a workable and adaptable solution to the issues that might arise when setting up a new server.

You may not find the exact information you are looking for with G, so it often takes just a couple minutes to think about how other people might have asked the question. G is smart, but it doesn't always put the pieces together, so sometimes when you don't like the answer to a question - it's because you asked the wrong one. Grow, learn, adapt. It's a jungle out here man!

Since you use Windows, use IIS. IIS can process PHP scripts if you set it up correctly.

http://php.iis.net/ (That's an old version of PHP. If I get a chance, I'll do a little more research on running 5.6.)

P.S. Read the manual and quit depending on guides. Don't get me started on all the Nginx install guides out there with insecure configs in 2016 missing "try_files $uri =404;".