diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-sde.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-sde.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfe5632aaa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-sde.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Windows SDE tests
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ '*' ]
+env:
+  GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org,direct
+  SDE_MIRROR_URL: "https://downloadmirror.intel.com/777395/sde-external-9.21.1-2023-04-24-win.tar.xz"
+  SDE_VERSION_TAG: sde-external-9.21.1-2023-04-24-win
+
+jobs:
+  WindowSDETests:
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    steps:
+      # - name: Git clone the repository
+      #   uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # - name: Build Windows Dependencies
+      #   run: |
+      #     choco install ninja --version 1.9.0.20190208 -y &&
+      #     choco install nasm --version 2.14.02 -y
+      - name: Install SDE simulator
+        run: |
+          curl -SL --output temp.tar.xz ${{ env.SDE_MIRROR_URL }}
+          7z x temp.tar.xz
+          7z x temp.tar
+          ren ${{ env.SDE_VERSION_TAG }} windows-sde
+          del temp.tar.xz
+          del temp.tar
+          echo "SDEROOT=${PWD}\windows-sde" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo ${PWD}
+          echo ${SDEROOT}
+      # - name: Run Windows SDE Tests for x64
+      #   run: |
+      #     .\tests\ci\run_windows_tests.bat "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x64 true
diff --git a/tests/ci/cdk/cdk/codebuild/github_ci_windows_x86_omnibus.yaml b/tests/ci/cdk/cdk/codebuild/github_ci_windows_x86_omnibus.yaml
index 71b92bcd414..61a003b3fc6 100644
--- a/tests/ci/cdk/cdk/codebuild/github_ci_windows_x86_omnibus.yaml
+++ b/tests/ci/cdk/cdk/codebuild/github_ci_windows_x86_omnibus.yaml
@@ -31,26 +31,26 @@ batch:
           MSVC_PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat'
           ARCH_OPTION: x64
 
-    - identifier: windows_msvc2017_x64_sde
-      buildspec: ./tests/ci/codebuild/windows-x86/run_windows_target.yml
-      env:
-        type: WINDOWS_SERVER_2019_CONTAINER
-        privileged-mode: false
-        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
-        image: 620771051181.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-lc-docker-images-windows-x86:vs2017_latest
-        variables:
-          MSVC_PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat'
-          ARCH_OPTION: x64
-          RUN_SDE: true
+    # - identifier: windows_msvc2017_x64_sde
+    #   buildspec: ./tests/ci/codebuild/windows-x86/run_windows_target.yml
+    #   env:
+    #     type: WINDOWS_SERVER_2019_CONTAINER
+    #     privileged-mode: false
+    #     compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+    #     image: 620771051181.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-lc-docker-images-windows-x86:vs2017_latest
+    #     variables:
+    #       MSVC_PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat'
+    #       ARCH_OPTION: x64
+    #       RUN_SDE: true
 
-    - identifier: windows_msvc2017_x32_sde
-      buildspec: ./tests/ci/codebuild/windows-x86/run_windows_target.yml
-      env:
-        type: WINDOWS_SERVER_2019_CONTAINER
-        privileged-mode: false
-        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
-        image: 620771051181.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-lc-docker-images-windows-x86:vs2017_latest
-        variables:
-          MSVC_PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat'
-          ARCH_OPTION: x86
-          RUN_SDE: true
+    # - identifier: windows_msvc2017_x32_sde
+    #   buildspec: ./tests/ci/codebuild/windows-x86/run_windows_target.yml
+    #   env:
+    #     type: WINDOWS_SERVER_2019_CONTAINER
+    #     privileged-mode: false
+    #     compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+    #     image: 620771051181.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-lc-docker-images-windows-x86:vs2017_latest
+    #     variables:
+    #       MSVC_PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat'
+    #       ARCH_OPTION: x86
+    #       RUN_SDE: true