diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml
index f893f1398e5b..fbf9d4ba5490 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ env:
   OSD_SNAPSHOT_SKIP_VERIFY_CHECKSUM: true
 
 jobs:
-  build-lint-test:
+  build-lint-test-posix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: docker://opensearchstaging/ci-runner:ci-runner-rockylinux8-opensearch-dashboards-integtest-v2
       options: --user 1001
-    name: Build and Verify
+    name: Build and Verify on Linux
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -71,12 +71,55 @@ jobs:
         id: integration-tests
         run: yarn test:jest_integration:ci
 
-  functional-tests:
+  build-lint-test-windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    name: Build and Verify on Windows
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Setup Yarn
+        run: |
+          npm uninstall -g yarn
+          npm i -g yarn@1.22.10
+
+      - name: Run bootstrap
+        run: yarn osd bootstrap
+
+      - name: Run linter
+        id: linter
+        run: yarn lint
+
+      - name: Run unit tests with coverage
+        id: unit-tests
+        run: yarn test:jest:ci:coverage
+
+      - name: Run mocha tests with coverage
+        id: mocha-tests
+        run: yarn test:mocha:coverage
+
+#      - name: Upload Code Coverage
+#        id: upload-code-coverage
+#        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+#        with:
+#          directory: ./target/opensearch-dashboards-coverage
+
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        id: integration-tests
+        run: yarn test:jest_integration:ci
+
+  functional-tests-posix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: docker://opensearchstaging/ci-runner:ci-runner-rockylinux8-opensearch-dashboards-integtest-v2
       options: --user 1001
-    name: Run functional tests
+    name: Run functional tests on Linux
     strategy:
       matrix:
         group: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 ]
@@ -116,12 +159,60 @@ jobs:
           JOB: ci${{ matrix.group }}
           CACHE_DIR: ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
 
-  build-min-artifact-tests:
+  functional-tests-windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    name: Run functional tests on Windows
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        group: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 ]
+    steps:
+      - run: echo Running functional tests for ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Setup Yarn
+        run: |
+          npm uninstall -g yarn
+          npm i -g yarn@1.22.10
+
+      # image has the latest chrome v99
+      - name: Setup chromedriver
+        run: yarn add --dev chromedriver@106.0.1
+
+      - name: Run bootstrap
+        run: yarn osd bootstrap
+
+      - name: Build plugins
+        run: node scripts/build_opensearch_dashboards_platform_plugins --no-examples --workers 10
+
+      - name: Run CI test group ${{ matrix.group }}
+        id: ftr-tests
+        run: node scripts/functional_tests.js --config test/functional/config.js --include ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
+        env:
+          CI_GROUP: ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
+          CI_PARALLEL_PROCESS_NUMBER: ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
+          JOB: ci${{ matrix.group }}
+          CACHE_DIR: ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
+
+  build-min-artifact-tests-posix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: docker://opensearchstaging/ci-runner:ci-runner-rockylinux8-opensearch-dashboards-integtest-v2
       options: --user 1001
-    name: Build min release artifacts
+    name: Build min release artifacts on Linux
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ./artifacts
@@ -174,8 +265,59 @@ jobs:
           path: ./artifacts/target/${{ env.ARTIFACT_BUILD_NAME }}
           retention-days: 1
 
+  build-min-artifact-tests-windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    name: Build min release artifacts on Windows
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./artifacts
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - name: Windows x64
+            ext: zip
+            suffix: windows-x64
+            script: build-platform --windows --skip-os-packages
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: ./artifacts
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version-file: './artifacts/.nvmrc'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Setup Yarn
+        run: |
+          npm uninstall -g yarn
+          npm i -g yarn@1.22.10
+
+      - name: Get package version
+        run: |
+          echo "VERSION=$(yarn --silent pkg-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Get artifact build name
+        run: |
+          echo "ARTIFACT_BUILD_NAME=opensearch-dashboards-${{ env.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.suffix }}.${{ matrix.ext }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Run bootstrap
+        run: yarn osd bootstrap
+
+      - name: Build `${{ matrix.name }}`
+        run: yarn ${{ matrix.script }} --release
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: success()
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.suffix }}-${{ env.VERSION }}
+          path: ./artifacts/target/${{ env.ARTIFACT_BUILD_NAME }}
+          retention-days: 1
+
   bwc-tests:
-    needs: [build-min-artifact-tests]
+    needs: [build-min-artifact-tests-posix]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: docker://opensearchstaging/ci-runner:ci-runner-rockylinux8-opensearch-dashboards-integtest-v2
diff --git a/packages/osd-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_restricted_paths.js b/packages/osd-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_restricted_paths.js
index 6343af30028e..ecd14f7317aa 100644
--- a/packages/osd-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_restricted_paths.js
+++ b/packages/osd-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_restricted_paths.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function traverseToTopFolder(src, pattern) {
     const srcIdx = src.lastIndexOf(path.sep);
     src = src.slice(0, srcIdx);
   }
-  return src;
+  return src.replace(/\\/g, '/');
 }
 
 function isSameFolderOrDescendent(src, imported, pattern) {
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts
index 596f55159ed0..2d23cb8facfb 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/cli.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import Path from 'path';
 import Fs from 'fs';
 
 import execa from 'execa';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@osd/utils';
+import { PROCESS_WORKING_DIR, REPO_ROOT } from '@osd/cross-platform';
 import { run, createFailError, createFlagError } from '@osd/dev-utils';
 
 import { snakeCase } from './casing';
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function runCli() {
       }
 
       log.success(
-        `🎉\n\nYour plugin has been created in ${Path.relative(process.cwd(), outputDir)}\n`
+        `🎉\n\nYour plugin has been created in ${Path.relative(PROCESS_WORKING_DIR, outputDir)}\n`
       );
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
index 6b0edd411b29..780682d27658 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import Path from 'path';
 import Fs from 'fs';
 
 import execa from 'execa';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@osd/cross-platform';
+import { REPO_ROOT, standardize } from '@osd/cross-platform';
 import { createStripAnsiSerializer, createReplaceSerializer } from '@osd/dev-utils';
 import extract from 'extract-zip';
 import del from 'del';
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ it('builds a generated plugin into a viable archive', async () => {
   expect(generateProc.all).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     " succ 🎉
 
-          Your plugin has been created in `);
+          Your plugin has been created in ${standardize('plugins/foo_test_plugin', false, true)}
+    "
+  `);
 
   const buildProc = await execa(
     process.execPath,
@@ -164,7 +166,9 @@ it('builds a non-semver generated plugin into a viable archive', async () => {
   expect(generateProc.all).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     " succ 🎉
 
-          Your plugin has been created in `);
+          Your plugin has been created in ${standardize('plugins/foo_test_plugin', false, true)}
+    "
+  `);
 
   const buildProc = await execa(
     process.execPath,