DOCS-728: Dropping Windows cruft (#729)

Closes #728

source/includes/windows/quickstart.rst

@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ Quickstart for Windows
 
 This procedure deploys a :ref:`Single-Node Single-Drive <minio-installation-comparison>` MinIO server onto |OS| for early development and evaluation of MinIO Object Storage and its S3-compatible API layer. 
 
-For instructions on deploying to production environments, see :ref:`deploy-minio-distributed`.
+.. note::
+
+   MinIO has limited support for multi-drive Windows deployments due to behaviors and limitations of the NTFS filesystem.
+
+   This documentation only covers Single-Node Single-Drive deployment topologies on Windows.
+   Use :minio-docs:`Linux hosts <minio/linux/operations/installation.html>` for deploying Single-Node Multi-Drive or Multi-Node Multi-Drive MinIO topologies.
+
+Use Windows-based MinIO deployments for early development and evaluation.
+MinIO strongly recommends Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) systems for long-term development and production environments.
+
+MinIO supports non-EOL Windows versions (Windows 10, Windows Server 2016+). 
 
 Prerequisites
 -------------
@@ -70,8 +80,8 @@ Procedure
 
 #. Connect your Browser to the MinIO Server
 
-   Access the :ref:`minio-console` by going to a browser (such as Microsoft Edge) and going to ``http://127.0.0.1:9000`` or one of the Console addresses specified in the :mc:`minio server` command's output.
-   For example, :guilabel:`Console: http://192.0.2.10:9090 http://127.0.0.1:9090` in the example output indicates two possible addresses to use for connecting to the Console.
+   Access the :ref:`minio-console` by going to a browser (such as Microsoft Edge) and going to ``http://127.0.0.1:9090`` or one of the Console addresses specified in the :mc:`minio server` command's output.
+   For example, ``Console: http://192.0.2.10:9090 http://127.0.0.1:9090`` in the example output indicates two possible addresses to use for connecting to the Console.
 
    While port ``9000`` is used for connecting to the API, MinIO automatically redirects browser access to the MinIO Console.
 
@@ -132,4 +142,3 @@ Next Steps
 - :ref:`Connect your applications to MinIO <minio-drivers>`
 - :ref:`Configure Object Retention <minio-object-retention>`
 - :ref:`Configure Security <minio-authentication-and-identity-management>`
-- :ref:`Deploy MinIO for Production Environments <deploy-minio-distributed>`

source/includes/windows/steps-deploy-minio-single-node-single-drive.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+1) Download the MinIO Server
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+   Download the MinIO executable from the following URL:
+
+   .. code-block:: shell
+      :class: copyable
+
+      https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/minio.exe
+      
+   The next step includes instructions for running the executable. 
+   You cannot run the executable from the Explorer or by double clicking the file.
+   Instead, you call the executable to launch the server.
+
+2) Create the ``systemd`` Service File
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. include:: /includes/linux/common-installation.rst
+   :start-after: start-install-minio-systemd-desc
+   :end-before: end-install-minio-systemd-desc
+
+3) Create the Environment Variable File
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. include:: /includes/common/common-deploy.rst
+   :start-after: start-common-deploy-create-environment-file-single-drive
+   :end-before: end-common-deploy-create-environment-file-single-drive
+
+4) Start the MinIO Service
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Issue the following command on the local host to start the MinIO |SNSD| deployment as a service:
+
+.. include:: /includes/linux/common-installation.rst
+   :start-after: start-install-minio-start-service-desc
+   :end-before: end-install-minio-start-service-desc
+
+The ``journalctl`` output should resemble the following:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   Status:         1 Online, 0 Offline. 
+   API: http://192.168.2.100:9000  http://127.0.0.1:9000       
+   RootUser: myminioadmin 
+   RootPass: minio-secret-key-change-me 
+   Console: http://192.168.2.100:9090 http://127.0.0.1:9090    
+   RootUser: myminioadmin 
+   RootPass: minio-secret-key-change-me 
+
+   Command-line: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html
+      $ mc alias set myminio http://10.0.2.100:9000 myminioadmin minio-secret-key-change-me
+
+   Documentation: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/index.html
+
+The ``API`` block lists the network interfaces and port on which clients can access the MinIO S3 API.
+The ``Console`` block lists the network interfaces and port on which clients can access the MinIO Web Console.
+
+5) Connect to the MinIO Service
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. include:: /includes/common/common-deploy.rst
+   :start-after: start-common-deploy-connect-to-minio-deployment
+   :end-before: end-common-deploy-connect-to-minio-deployment