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Version(s): 4.20+

Issue: OSDOCS-18992

Link to docs preview: 4.20+

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Additional information: One of 3 PRs splitting OSDOCS-18992 (index.adoc CQA pre-migration) by assembly.

Since this is resolving an index.adoc navigation file, xrefs are allowed in the resulting reference modules. These reference modules must only ever be included in one location.

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🤖 Fri Jul 17 20:07:17 - Prow CI generated the docs preview:

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= Managing Windows container workloads

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With a Red Hat subscription, you can get support for running Windows workloads in {product-title}. Windows instances deployed by the WMCO are configured with the containerd container runtime. For more information, see the xref:../windows_containers/wmco_rn/windows-containers-release-notes.adoc#windows-containers-release-notes[release notes].

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🤖 [error] OpenShiftAsciiDoc.NoXrefInModules: Do not include xrefs in modules, only assemblies (exception: release notes modules).

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With a Red Hat subscription, you can get support for running Windows workloads in {product-title}. Windows instances deployed by the WMCO are configured with the containerd container runtime. For more information, see the xref:../windows_containers/wmco_rn/windows-containers-release-notes.adoc#windows-containers-release-notes[release notes].

You can add Windows nodes either by creating a xref:../windows_containers/creating_windows_machinesets/creating-windows-machineset-aws.adoc#creating-windows-machineset-aws[compute machine set] or by specifying existing Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) Window instances through a xref:../windows_containers/byoh-windows-instance.adoc#byoh-windows-instance[configuration map].

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Compute machine sets are not supported for bare metal or provider agnostic clusters.
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For workloads including both Linux and Windows, {product-title} allows you to deploy Windows workloads running on Windows Server containers while also providing traditional Linux workloads hosted on {op-system-first} or {op-system-base-full}. For more information, see xref:../windows_containers/understanding-windows-container-workloads.adoc#understanding-windows-container-workloads[getting started with Windows container workloads].

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For workloads including both Linux and Windows, {product-title} allows you to deploy Windows workloads running on Windows Server containers while also providing traditional Linux workloads hosted on {op-system-first} or {op-system-base-full}. For more information, see xref:../windows_containers/understanding-windows-container-workloads.adoc#understanding-windows-container-workloads[getting started with Windows container workloads].

You need the WMCO to run Windows workloads in your cluster. The WMCO orchestrates the process of deploying and managing Windows workloads on a cluster. For more information, see xref:../windows_containers/enabling-windows-container-workloads.adoc#enabling-windows-container-workloads[how to enable Windows container workloads].

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You can create a Windows `MachineSet` object to create infrastructure Windows machine sets and related machines so that you can move supported Windows workloads to the new Windows machines. You can create a Windows `MachineSet` object on multiple platforms.

You can xref:../windows_containers/scheduling-windows-workloads.adoc#scheduling-windows-workloads[schedule Windows workloads] to Windows compute nodes.

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🤖 [error] OpenShiftAsciiDoc.NoXrefInModules: Do not include xrefs in modules, only assemblies (exception: release notes modules).


You can xref:../windows_containers/scheduling-windows-workloads.adoc#scheduling-windows-workloads[schedule Windows workloads] to Windows compute nodes.

You can xref:../windows_containers/windows-node-upgrades.adoc#windows-node-upgrades[perform Windows Machine Config Operator upgrades] to ensure that your Windows nodes have the latest updates.

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🤖 [error] OpenShiftAsciiDoc.NoXrefInModules: Do not include xrefs in modules, only assemblies (exception: release notes modules).


You can xref:../windows_containers/windows-node-upgrades.adoc#windows-node-upgrades[perform Windows Machine Config Operator upgrades] to ensure that your Windows nodes have the latest updates.

You can xref:../windows_containers/removing-windows-nodes.adoc#removing-windows-nodes[remove a Windows node] by deleting a specific machine.

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🤖 [error] OpenShiftAsciiDoc.NoXrefInModules: Do not include xrefs in modules, only assemblies (exception: release notes modules).


You can xref:../windows_containers/removing-windows-nodes.adoc#removing-windows-nodes[remove a Windows node] by deleting a specific machine.

You can xref:../windows_containers/byoh-windows-instance.adoc#byoh-windows-instance[use Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) Windows instances] to repurpose Windows Server VMs and bring them to {product-title}. BYOH Windows instances benefit users who are looking to mitigate major disruptions in the event that a Windows server goes offline. You can use BYOH Windows instances as nodes on {product-title} 4.8 and later versions.

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🤖 [error] OpenShiftAsciiDoc.NoXrefInModules: Do not include xrefs in modules, only assemblies (exception: release notes modules).


You can xref:../windows_containers/removing-windows-nodes.adoc#removing-windows-nodes[remove a Windows node] by deleting a specific machine.

You can xref:../windows_containers/byoh-windows-instance.adoc#byoh-windows-instance[use Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) Windows instances] to repurpose Windows Server VMs and bring them to {product-title}. BYOH Windows instances benefit users who are looking to mitigate major disruptions in the event that a Windows server goes offline. You can use BYOH Windows instances as nodes on {product-title} 4.8 and later versions.

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You can xref:../windows_containers/byoh-windows-instance.adoc#byoh-windows-instance[use Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) Windows instances] to repurpose Windows Server VMs and bring them to {product-title}. BYOH Windows instances benefit users who are looking to mitigate major disruptions in the event that a Windows server goes offline. You can use BYOH Windows instances as nodes on {product-title} 4.8 and later versions.

You can xref:../windows_containers/disabling-windows-container-workloads.adoc#disabling-windows-container-workloads[disable Windows container workloads] by performing the following:

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[role="_abstract"]
With a Red Hat subscription, you can get support for running Windows workloads in {product-title}. Windows instances deployed by the WMCO are configured with the containerd container runtime. For more information, see the xref:../windows_containers/wmco_rn/windows-containers-release-notes.adoc#windows-containers-release-notes[release notes].

You can add Windows nodes either by creating a xref:../windows_containers/creating_windows_machinesets/creating-windows-machineset-aws.adoc#creating-windows-machineset-aws[compute machine set] or by specifying existing Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) Window instances through a xref:../windows_containers/byoh-windows-instance.adoc#byoh-windows-instance[config map].

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🤖 [error] OpenShiftAsciiDoc.NoXrefInModules: Do not include xrefs in modules, only assemblies (exception: release notes modules).


You can xref:../windows_containers/removing-windows-nodes.adoc#removing-windows-nodes[remove a Windows node] by deleting a specific machine.

You can xref:../windows_containers/byoh-windows-instance.adoc#byoh-windows-instance[use Bring-Your-Own-Host (BYOH) Windows instances] to repurpose Windows Server VMs and bring them to {product-title}. BYOH Windows instances benefit users who are looking to mitigate major disruptions if a Windows server goes offline. You can use BYOH Windows instances as nodes on {product-title} 4.8 and later versions.

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