Ctrl+Alt+Deploy: Windows Workloads as a Service powered by KubeVirt

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Demonstrates running Windows VMs on Kubernetes using KubeVirt with an automated pipeline (KCP/KDP) that deploys images, attaches PVCs, exposes RDP via a load balancer/Ingress, and treats VMs like statefulsets. Shows a golden-image + preset workflow (Packer or CIS-Prep) and live demos where automation boots a VM in about 3 minutes vs 27 minutes for manual install. FIO storage tests report one-to-one performance parity with Linux VMs. Notes: install QEMU/KVM drivers, avoid TPM mismanagement, minimum ~8 GB RAM and ~50 GB disk.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:50Why Windows workloads
3. 9:20Demo setup overview
4. 12:50Manual vs automated VM setup
5. 16:39Windows as a service concept
6. 27:17Live demo and key learnings
7. 31:32When to use KubeVirt
8. 36:10Q&A and closing

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