During the rise of platform engineering, one kind is often scoped out: traditional Windows-based services or VMs. How could that be?

Let's discover if KubeVirt is an option to serve platform services and possibly replace current hypervisors. "Of course!" the community shouts. KubeVirt has been stable for a while now and is used, e.g. for virtual Kubernetes workers. But one important aspect get (sometimes intentionally) ignored: most large enterprises still own Windows VMs for special services, testing, or Windows Terminal Servers.

While KubeVirt plays nicely with Linux, Windows has been a niche topic and hasn’t been in focus. The talk is focused on the state of Windows on KubeVirt - what works, what aspects are still missing - and how it could be provided as a platform service, especially on-premise. We try also to find answers if a KubeVirt-based Windows service is good enough to be used in production as a valid alternative to current legacy hypervisors or public cloud offerings.