diff --git a/api/v1beta1/azuremanagedcontrolplane_webhook_test.go b/api/v1beta1/azuremanagedcontrolplane_webhook_test.go
index 6b48a2070b5..b11facbf49b 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/azuremanagedcontrolplane_webhook_test.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/azuremanagedcontrolplane_webhook_test.go
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ func TestAzureManagedControlPlane_ValidateCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "invalid DNSServiceIP",
 			amcp:     createAzureManagedControlPlane("192.168.0.10.3", "v1.18.0", generateSSHPublicKey(true)),
 			wantErr:  true,
-			errorLen: 1,
+			errorLen: 2,
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "invalid DNSServiceIP",
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ func TestAzureManagedControlPlane_ValidateCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "invalid sshKey with a simple text and invalid DNSServiceIP",
 			amcp:     createAzureManagedControlPlane("192.168.0.10.3", "v1.18.0", "invalid_sshkey_honk"),
 			wantErr:  true,
-			errorLen: 2,
+			errorLen: 3,
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "invalid version",
diff --git a/test/e2e/azure_test.go b/test/e2e/azure_test.go
index 4de70a386c6..c404eaab8a9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/azure_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/azure_test.go
@@ -843,16 +843,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Workload cluster creation", func() {
 	})
 
 	Context("Creating an AKS cluster using ClusterClass [Managed Kubernetes]", func() {
-		// use ci-default as the clusterclass name so test infra can find the clusterclass template
-		os.Setenv("CLUSTER_CLASS_NAME", "ci-default")
+		It("with a single control plane node, one linux worker node, and one windows worker node", func() {
+			// use ci-default as the clusterclass name so test infra can find the clusterclass template
+			os.Setenv("CLUSTER_CLASS_NAME", "ci-default")
 
-		It("with a single control plane node and 1 node", func() {
-			clusterName = getClusterName(clusterNamePrefix, aksClusterNameSuffix)
+			// use "cc" as spec name because natgw pip name exceeds limit.
+			clusterName = getClusterName(clusterNamePrefix, "cc")
 			kubernetesVersionUpgradeFrom, err := GetAKSKubernetesVersion(ctx, e2eConfig, AKSKubernetesVersionUpgradeFrom)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 			kubernetesVersion, err := GetAKSKubernetesVersion(ctx, e2eConfig, AKSKubernetesVersion)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
+			// Opt into using windows with prow template
+			Expect(os.Setenv("WINDOWS_WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT", "1")).To(Succeed())
+
+			// Create a cluster using the cluster class created above
 			clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait(ctx, createApplyClusterTemplateInput(
 				specName,
 				withFlavor("aks-clusterclass"),
@@ -861,11 +866,17 @@ var _ = Describe("Workload cluster creation", func() {
 				withKubernetesVersion(kubernetesVersionUpgradeFrom),
 				withControlPlaneMachineCount(1),
 				withWorkerMachineCount(1),
-				withMachineDeploymentInterval(specName, ""),
-				withMachinePoolInterval(specName, "wait-worker-nodes"),
 				withControlPlaneWaiters(clusterctl.ControlPlaneWaiters{
-					WaitForControlPlaneInitialized:   WaitForAKSControlPlaneInitialized,
-					WaitForControlPlaneMachinesReady: WaitForAKSControlPlaneReady,
+					WaitForControlPlaneInitialized: EnsureControlPlaneInitialized,
+				}),
+				withPostMachinesProvisioned(func() {
+					EnsureDaemonsets(ctx, func() DaemonsetsSpecInput {
+						return DaemonsetsSpecInput{
+							BootstrapClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
+							Namespace:             namespace,
+							ClusterName:           clusterName,
+						}
+					})
 				}),
 			), result)