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+name: CMake on multiple platforms - windows
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      # Set fail-fast to false to ensure that feedback is delivered for all matrix combinations. Consider changing this to true when your workflow is stable.
+      fail-fast: false
+
+      # Set up a matrix to run the following 3 configurations:
+      # 1. <Windows, Release, latest MSVC compiler toolchain on the default runner image, default generator>
+      # 2. <Linux, Release, latest GCC compiler toolchain on the default runner image, default generator>
+      # 3. <Linux, Release, latest Clang compiler toolchain on the default runner image, default generator>
+      #
+      # To add more build types (Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo, etc.) customize the build_type list.
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest]
+        build_type: [Release]
+        include:
+          - os: windows-latest
+            openmp: ON
+            serial: OFF
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set reusable strings
+      # Turn repeated input strings (such as the build output directory) into step outputs. These step outputs can be used throughout the workflow file.
+      id: strings
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "build-output-dir=${{ github.workspace }}/build" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.11
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      env:
+        PYTHONPATH: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}/python
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install pytest
+        # Released version of pyttb is too old, so we need to build from the github repo
+        #pip install pyttb
+        mkdir pyttb
+        cd pyttb
+        git clone https://github.com/sandialabs/pyttb.git
+        cd pyttb
+        pip install .
+        
+
+    - name: Configure CMake
+      # Configure CMake in a 'build' subdirectory. `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is only required if you are using a single-configuration generator such as make.
+      # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.html?highlight=cmake_build_type
+      run: >
+        cmake -B ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }}
+        -DKokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP=${{ matrix.openmp }}
+        -DKokkos_ENABLE_SERIAL=${{ matrix.serial }}
+        -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON
+        -S ${{ github.workspace }}
+
+    - name: Build
+      # Build your program with the given configuration. Note that --config is needed because the default Windows generator is a multi-config generator (Visual Studio generator).
+      run: cmake --build ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }} --config ${{ matrix.build_type }}
+
+    - name: Test
+      working-directory: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
+      env:
+        PYTHONPATH: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}/python
+      # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration. Note that --build-config is needed because the default Windows generator is a multi-config generator (Visual Studio generator).
+      # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
+      run: ctest --build-config ${{ matrix.build_type }} --output-on-failure