diff --git a/test/bats/tests/azure/job_templates/kubernetes_windows.json b/test/bats/tests/azure/job_templates/kubernetes_windows.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a07e447f7..000000000
--- a/test/bats/tests/azure/job_templates/kubernetes_windows.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "apiVersion": "vlabs",
-    "properties": {
-        "featureFlags": {
-            "enableTelemetry": true
-        },
-        "orchestratorProfile": {
-            "orchestratorType": "Kubernetes",
-            "orchestratorRelease": "1.18",
-            "kubernetesConfig": {
-                "addons": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "csi-secrets-store",
-                        "enabled": false
-                    }
-                ]
-            }
-        },
-        "masterProfile": {
-            "count": 1,
-            "dnsPrefix": "",
-            "vmSize": "Standard_D2_v3"
-        },
-        "agentPoolProfiles": [
-            {
-                "name": "windowspool1",
-                "count": 1,
-                "vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3",
-                "osDiskSizeGB": 128,
-                "availabilityProfile": "AvailabilitySet",
-                "osType": "Windows"
-            }
-        ],
-        "windowsProfile": {
-            "adminUsername": "azureuser",
-            "adminPassword": "replacepassword1234$",
-            "sshEnabled": true
-        },
-        "linuxProfile": {
-            "adminUsername": "azureuser",
-            "ssh": {
-                "publicKeys": [
-                    {
-                        "keyData": ""
-                    }
-                ]
-            }
-        },
-        "servicePrincipalProfile": {
-            "clientID": "",
-            "secret": ""
-        }
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/test/scripts/run-e2e-windows.sh b/test/scripts/run-e2e-windows.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..96ec696af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/run-e2e-windows.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+: "${REGISTRY:?Environment variable empty or not defined.}"
+
+readonly CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-sscsi-e2e-$(openssl rand -hex 2)}"
+
+parse_cred() {
+    grep -E -o "\b$1[[:blank:]]*=[[:blank:]]*\"[^[:space:]\"]+\"" | cut -d '"' -f 2
+}
+
+get_random_region() {
+    local REGIONS=("eastus" "eastus2" "southcentralus" "westeurope" "uksouth" "northeurope" "francecentral")
+    echo "${REGIONS[${RANDOM} % ${#REGIONS[@]}]}"
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Deleting the AKS cluster ${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+    # login again because the bats tests might have logged out after rotating the secret for testing
+    az login --service-principal -u "${client_id}" -p "${client_secret}" --tenant "${tenant_id}" > /dev/null
+    az account set --subscription "${subscription_id}" > /dev/null
+    az group delete --name "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --yes --no-wait || true
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+main() {
+    # install azure cli
+    curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | bash > /dev/null
+
+    echo "Logging into Azure"
+    az login --service-principal -u "${client_id}" -p "${client_secret}" --tenant "${tenant_id}" > /dev/null
+    az account set --subscription "${subscription_id}" > /dev/null
+
+    LOCATION=$(get_random_region)
+    echo "Creating AKS cluster ${CLUSTER_NAME} in ${LOCATION}"
+    az group create --name "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --location "${LOCATION}" > /dev/null
+    az aks create \
+        --resource-group "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
+        --name "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
+        --node-count 1 \
+        --node-vm-size Standard_DS3_v2 \
+        --enable-managed-identity \
+        --network-plugin azure \
+        --generate-ssh-keys > /dev/null
+
+    echo "Adding windows nodepool"
+    # add windows nodepool
+    az aks nodepool add \
+        --resource-group "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
+        --cluster-name "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
+        --os-type Windows \
+        --name npwin \
+        --node-count 1 > /dev/null
+
+    az aks get-credentials --resource-group "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --name "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --overwrite-existing
+
+    if [[ "${REGISTRY}" =~ \.azurecr\.io ]]; then
+        az acr login --name "${REGISTRY}"
+    fi
+
+    # build the driver image and run e2e tests
+    ALL_OS_ARCH=amd64 make e2e-test
+}
+
+# for Prow we use the provided AZURE_CREDENTIALS file.
+# the file is expected to be in toml format.
+if [[ -n "${AZURE_CREDENTIALS:-}" ]]; then
+    subscription_id="$(parse_cred SubscriptionID < "${AZURE_CREDENTIALS}")"
+    tenant_id="$(parse_cred TenantID < "${AZURE_CREDENTIALS}")"
+    client_id="$(parse_cred ClientID < "${AZURE_CREDENTIALS}")"
+    client_secret="$(parse_cred ClientSecret < "${AZURE_CREDENTIALS}")"
+fi
+
+main