diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-periodic-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-periodic-trigger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..faed254bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-periodic-trigger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Workflow intended to periodically run the Windows Integration test workflow.
+
+name: Windows Periodic Tests
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 1 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+
+  triggerWinIntegration:
+    if: github.repository == 'containerd/containerd'
+    # NOTE(aznashwan, 11/24/21): GitHub actions do not currently support referencing
+    # or evaluating any kind of variables in the `uses` clause, but this will
+    # ideally be added in the future in which case the hardcoded reference to the
+    # upstream containerd repository should be replaced with the following to
+    # potentially allow contributors to enable periodic Windows tests on forks as well:
+    # uses: "${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/windows-periodic.yml@${{ github.ref_name }}"
+    uses: containerd/containerd/.github/workflows/windows-periodic.yml@main
+    secrets:
+      AZURE_SUB_ID: "${{ secrets.AZURE_SUB_ID }}"
+      AZURE_CREDS: "${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDS }}"
+      GCP_PROJECT_ID: "${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}"
+      GCP_SA_KEY: "${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-periodic.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-periodic.yml
index 4d14cd3ed..b2e2f426e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-periodic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-periodic.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-# Workflow intended to periodically test containerd integration tests
+# Workflow intended to run containerd integration tests on Windows.
 
-name: Windows Periodic Tests
+name: Windows Integration Tests
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-  - cron: "0 1 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      AZURE_SUB_ID:
+        required: true
+      AZURE_CREDS:
+        required: true
+      GCP_PROJECT_ID:
+        required: true
+      GCP_SA_KEY:
+        required: true
 
 env:
   AZURE_DEFAULT_LOCATION: westeurope
@@ -18,7 +26,6 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   winIntegration:
-    if: github.repository == 'containerd/containerd'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         win_ver: [ltsc2019, sac2004, ltsc2022]