diff --git a/.pipelines/azure-pipeline-build.yml b/.pipelines/azure-pipeline-build.yml
index f3717fb0d..f67cf054d 100644
--- a/.pipelines/azure-pipeline-build.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/azure-pipeline-build.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ trigger:
   branches:
     include:
     - main
+    - kaveesh/fix_win
 pr:
   autoCancel: true
   branches:
diff --git a/otelcollector/configmapparser/prometheus-config-merger.rb b/otelcollector/configmapparser/prometheus-config-merger.rb
index c0c9c6808..7c7061966 100644
--- a/otelcollector/configmapparser/prometheus-config-merger.rb
+++ b/otelcollector/configmapparser/prometheus-config-merger.rb
@@ -365,15 +365,6 @@ def populateDefaultPrometheusConfig
         contents = contents.gsub("$$NODE_NAME$$", ENV["NODE_NAME"])
         File.open(@windowsexporterDefaultDsFile, "w") { |file| file.puts contents }
         defaultConfigs.push(@windowsexporterDefaultDsFile)
-
-        # If advanced mode is enabled, but not the windows daemonset, scrape windows kubelet from the replicaset as if it's simple mode
-      elsif currentControllerType == @replicasetControllerType && advancedMode == true && windowsDaemonset == false && ENV["OS_TYPE"].downcase == "linux"
-        UpdateScrapeIntervalConfig(@windowsexporterDefaultRsSimpleFile, windowsexporterScrapeInterval)
-        if !winexporterMetricsKeepListRegex.nil? && !winexporterMetricsKeepListRegex.empty?
-          AppendMetricRelabelConfig(@windowsexporterDefaultRsSimpleFile, winexporterMetricsKeepListRegex)
-        end
-        defaultConfigs.push(@windowsexporterDefaultRsSimpleFile)
-      end
     end
 
     if !ENV["AZMON_PROMETHEUS_WINDOWSKUBEPROXY_SCRAPING_ENABLED"].nil? && ENV["AZMON_PROMETHEUS_WINDOWSKUBEPROXY_SCRAPING_ENABLED"].downcase == "true"
@@ -399,15 +390,6 @@ def populateDefaultPrometheusConfig
         contents = contents.gsub("$$NODE_NAME$$", ENV["NODE_NAME"])
         File.open(@windowskubeproxyDefaultDsFile, "w") { |file| file.puts contents }
         defaultConfigs.push(@windowskubeproxyDefaultDsFile)
-
-        # If advanced mode is enabled, but not the windows daemonset, scrape windows kubelet from the replicaset as if it's simple mode
-      elsif currentControllerType == @replicasetControllerType && advancedMode == true && windowsDaemonset == false && ENV["OS_TYPE"].downcase == "linux"
-        UpdateScrapeIntervalConfig(@windowskubeproxyDefaultFileRsSimpleFile, windowskubeproxyScrapeInterval)
-        if !winkubeproxyMetricsKeepListRegex.nil? && !winkubeproxyMetricsKeepListRegex.empty?
-          AppendMetricRelabelConfig(@windowskubeproxyDefaultFileRsSimpleFile, winkubeproxyMetricsKeepListRegex)
-        end
-        defaultConfigs.push(@windowskubeproxyDefaultFileRsSimpleFile)
-      end
     end
 
     if !ENV["AZMON_PROMETHEUS_POD_ANNOTATION_SCRAPING_ENABLED"].nil? && ENV["AZMON_PROMETHEUS_POD_ANNOTATION_SCRAPING_ENABLED"].downcase == "true"  && currentControllerType == @replicasetControllerType
diff --git a/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-daemonset.yaml b/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-daemonset.yaml
index d039a0100..25bacebf5 100644
--- a/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-daemonset.yaml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ spec:
             - name: MODE
               value: "advanced" # only supported mode is 'advanced', any other value will be the default/non-advance mode
             - name: WINMODE
-              value: "" # WINDOWS: only supported mode is 'advanced', any other value will be the default/non-advance mode
+              value: "advanced" # WINDOWS: only supported mode is 'advanced', any other value will be the default/non-advance mode
             - name: MINIMAL_INGESTION_PROFILE
               value: "true" # only supported value is the string "true"
           securityContext:
diff --git a/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-deployment.yaml b/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-deployment.yaml
index 532f5c930..31c36855b 100644
--- a/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-deployment.yaml
+++ b/otelcollector/deploy/addon-chart/azure-monitor-metrics-addon/templates/ama-metrics-deployment.yaml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ spec:
             - name: MODE
               value: "advanced" # only supported mode is 'advanced', any other value will be the default/non-advance mode
             - name: WINMODE
-              value: "" # WINDOWS: only supported mode is 'advanced', any other value will be the default/non-advance mode
+              value: "advanced" # WINDOWS: only supported mode is 'advanced', any other value will be the default/non-advance mode
             - name: MINIMAL_INGESTION_PROFILE
               value: "true" # only supported value is the string "true"
           securityContext: