diff --git a/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/CreateView.tsx b/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/CreateView.tsx
index d7c0f938e..1e39a193b 100644
--- a/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/CreateView.tsx
+++ b/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/CreateView.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { TextTip } from '@@/Tip/TextTip';
 import { HelpLink } from '@@/HelpLink';
 
 import { useContainers } from '../queries/containers';
-import { useSystemLimits } from '../../proxy/queries/useInfo';
+import { useSystemLimits, useIsWindows } from '../../proxy/queries/useInfo';
 
 import { useCreateOrReplaceMutation } from './useCreateMutation';
 import { useValidation } from './validation';
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function CreateView() {
 function CreateForm() {
   const environmentId = useEnvironmentId();
   const router = useRouter();
+  const isWindows = useIsWindows(environmentId);
   const { trackEvent } = useAnalytics();
   const isAdminQuery = useIsEdgeAdmin();
   const { authorized: isEnvironmentAdmin } = useIsEnvironmentAdmin({
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ function CreateForm() {
 
   const mutation = useCreateOrReplaceMutation();
   const initialValuesQuery = useInitialValues(
-    mutation.isLoading || mutation.isSuccess
+    mutation.isLoading || mutation.isSuccess,
+    isWindows
   );
   const registriesQuery = useEnvironmentRegistries(environmentId);
 
@@ -84,9 +86,11 @@ function CreateForm() {
 
   const environment = envQuery.data;
 
+  // if windows, hide capabilities. this is because capadd and capdel are not supported on windows
   const hideCapabilities =
-    !environment.SecuritySettings.allowContainerCapabilitiesForRegularUsers &&
-    !isEnvironmentAdmin;
+    (!environment.SecuritySettings.allowContainerCapabilitiesForRegularUsers &&
+      !isEnvironmentAdmin) ||
+    isWindows;
 
   const {
     isDuplicating = false,
diff --git a/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/NetworkTab/toViewModel.ts b/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/NetworkTab/toViewModel.ts
index 710f2992c..b73fdfe69 100644
--- a/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/NetworkTab/toViewModel.ts
+++ b/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/NetworkTab/toViewModel.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import { DockerContainer } from '../../types';
 
 import { CONTAINER_MODE, Values } from './types';
 
-export function getDefaultViewModel() {
+export function getDefaultViewModel(isWindows: boolean) {
+  const networkMode = isWindows ? 'nat' : 'bridge';
   return {
-    networkMode: 'bridge',
+    networkMode,
     hostname: '',
     domain: '',
     macAddress: '',
diff --git a/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/useInitialValues.ts b/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/useInitialValues.ts
index de624497f..03811f821 100644
--- a/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/useInitialValues.ts
+++ b/app/react/docker/containers/CreateView/useInitialValues.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export interface Values extends BaseFormValues {
   env: EnvVarValues;
 }
 
-export function useInitialValues(submitting: boolean) {
+export function useInitialValues(submitting: boolean, isWindows: boolean) {
   const {
     params: { nodeName, from },
   } = useCurrentStateAndParams();
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export function useInitialValues(submitting: boolean) {
 
   if (!from) {
     return {
-      initialValues: defaultValues(isPureAdmin, user.Id, nodeName),
+      initialValues: defaultValues(isPureAdmin, user.Id, nodeName, isWindows),
     };
   }
 
@@ -151,12 +151,13 @@ export function useInitialValues(submitting: boolean) {
 function defaultValues(
   isPureAdmin: boolean,
   currentUserId: UserId,
-  nodeName: string
+  nodeName: string,
+  isWindows: boolean
 ): Values {
   return {
     commands: commandsTabUtils.getDefaultViewModel(),
     volumes: volumesTabUtils.getDefaultViewModel(),
-    network: networkTabUtils.getDefaultViewModel(),
+    network: networkTabUtils.getDefaultViewModel(isWindows), // windows containers should default to the nat network, not the bridge
     labels: labelsTabUtils.getDefaultViewModel(),
     restartPolicy: restartPolicyTabUtils.getDefaultViewModel(),
     resources: resourcesTabUtils.getDefaultViewModel(),
diff --git a/app/react/docker/proxy/queries/useInfo.ts b/app/react/docker/proxy/queries/useInfo.ts
index 7b71cdb11..770a4154c 100644
--- a/app/react/docker/proxy/queries/useInfo.ts
+++ b/app/react/docker/proxy/queries/useInfo.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ export function useInfo<TSelect = SystemInfo>(
   );
 }
 
+export function useIsWindows(environmentId: EnvironmentId) {
+  const query = useInfo(environmentId, {
+    select: (info) => info.OSType === 'windows',
+  });
+
+  return !!query.data;
+}
+
 export function useIsStandAlone(environmentId: EnvironmentId) {
   const query = useInfo(environmentId, {
     select: (info) => !info.Swarm?.NodeID,