diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 6aed320376c21e..6ce891e6767698 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: Windows (VS 2022, Python 3.11)
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # at 00:00 on workdays
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1,2,3,4,5'
+#  workflow_dispatch:
 #  pull_request:
 #    paths-ignore:
 #      - '**/docs/**'
@@ -9,16 +12,16 @@ on:
 #      - '**.md'
 #      - '**/layer_tests_summary/**'
 #      - '**/conformance/**'
-  push:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/docs/**'
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - '**/**.md'
-      - '**.md'
-      - '**/layer_tests_summary/**'
-      - '**/conformance/**'
-    branches:
-      - master
+# push:
+#   paths-ignore:
+#     - '**/docs/**'
+#     - 'docs/**'
+#     - '**/**.md'
+#     - '**.md'
+#     - '**/layer_tests_summary/**'
+#     - '**/conformance/**'
+#  branches:
+#    - master
 
 concurrency:
   # github.ref is not unique in post-commit
@@ -336,7 +339,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: cmd
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install -r ${{ env.LAYER_TESTS_INSTALL_DIR }}/requirements.txt
-          
+
           :: requires 'unit_tests' from 'tools/mo'
           set PYTHONPATH=${{ env.OPENVINO_REPO }}\tools\mo;${{ env.LAYER_TESTS_INSTALL_DIR }};%PYTHONPATH%
           python3 -m pytest ${{ env.LAYER_TESTS_INSTALL_DIR }}/onnx_tests -m "not launch_only_if_manually_specified and precommit" --junitxml=${INSTALL_TEST_DIR}/TEST-onnx.xml
@@ -404,7 +407,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: cmd
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install -r ${{ env.LAYER_TESTS_INSTALL_DIR }}/requirements.txt
-          
+
           :: TODO: remove setupvars.bat from here; currently, it's used for 'test_utils' installed in '<package>/python/openvino'
           call "${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}\\setupvars.bat" && python3 -m pytest ${{ env.LAYER_TESTS_INSTALL_DIR }}/mo_python_api_tests --junitxml=${{ env.INSTALL_TEST_DIR }}/TEST-test_mo_convert.xml
         env:
@@ -415,7 +418,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: cmd
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install -r ${{ env.LAYER_TESTS_INSTALL_DIR }}/requirements.txt
-          
+
           :: TODO: remove setupvars.sh from here; currently, it's used for 'test_utils' installed in '<package>/python/openvino'
           call "${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}\\setupvars.bat" && python3 -m pytest ${{ env.LAYER_TESTS_INSTALL_DIR }}/ovc_python_api_tests --junitxml=${{ env.INSTALL_TEST_DIR }}/TEST-test_ovc_convert.xml
         env: