DOC: Add windows instructions to README.md

README.md

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    path to the pem file in the `CAOSDB_SERVER_CERT` environment variable.
 7. Run with `ctest` in the build directory.
 
+### Windows ###
+
+On windows, you still need to build and create a conan package from
+linkahead-cpplib using conan-create or the make.ps1 script in the
+cpplib repo.
+
+This repo also provides a make script `make.ps1` to run the
+integration tests on Windows. You need to create a python virtual
+environment and install the requirements from linkahead cpplib or
+recycle the one you used to create the package there:
+
+```sh
+python -m venv .venv  # Choose any path you like for your venv
+.venv/Scripts/Actvate.ps1
+pip install ../linkahead-cpplib/requirements.txt  # You may need to change the pass to cpplib here
+```
+
+Then build and run the tests with
+
+```sh
+make.ps1 all
+```
+
 ### Troubleshooting ###
 
 - If you don't have `clang-tidy` installed, you can run the first `cmake` command with