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Kubernetes limitations on Windows

Windows Server containers support comes with a set of limitations that constantly change as each new version of Kubernetes is released and new releases of Windows Server arrive. Generally, from a Kubernetes API Server and kubelet perspective, in heterogeneous (hybrid) Linux/Windows Kubernetes clusters, the containers on Windows behave almost the same as Linux containers. However, there are some key differences in the details. First, let's take a look at some high-level, major limitations:

Windows machines can only join the cluster as worker nodes. There is no possibility and no plans for running master components on Windows.
Windows Server 1809 or 2019 is the minimal requirement for the OS on worker nodes. ...

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