diff --git a/test/e2e/suite_test.go b/test/e2e/suite_test.go
index 3a57010fc1e..17c931cd921 100644
--- a/test/e2e/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/suite_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
@@ -52,11 +53,12 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	smbDriver                     *smb.Driver
-	isWindowsCluster              = os.Getenv(testWindowsEnvVar) != ""
-	winServerVer                  = os.Getenv(testWinServerVerEnvVar)
-	preInstallDriver              = os.Getenv(preInstallDriverEnvVar) == "true"
-	defaultStorageClassParameters = map[string]string{
+	smbDriver                      *smb.Driver
+	isWindowsCluster               = os.Getenv(testWindowsEnvVar) != ""
+	isWindowsHostProcessDeployment = os.Getenv("WINDOWS_USE_HOST_PROCESS_CONTAINERS") != ""
+	winServerVer                   = os.Getenv(testWinServerVerEnvVar)
+	preInstallDriver               = os.Getenv(preInstallDriverEnvVar) == "true"
+	defaultStorageClassParameters  = map[string]string{
 		"source": getSmbTestEnvVarValue(testSmbSourceEnvVar, defaultSmbSource),
 		"csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-name":      getSmbTestEnvVarValue(testSmbSecretNameEnvVar, defaultSmbSecretName),
 		"csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-namespace": getSmbTestEnvVarValue(testSmbSecretNamespaceEnvVar, defaultSmbSecretNamespace),
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.BeforeSuite(func() {
 		smbDriver.Run(fmt.Sprintf("unix:///tmp/csi-%s.sock", uuid.NewUUID().String()), kubeconfig, false)
 	}()
 
+	var source string
 	if isWindowsCluster {
 		err := os.Chdir("../..")
 		gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
@@ -167,7 +170,24 @@ var _ = ginkgo.BeforeSuite(func() {
 			err := os.Chdir("test/e2e")
 			gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 		}()
+	}
+
+	if isWindowsHostProcessDeployment {
+		decodedBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString("YW5keXNzZGZpbGUK")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error decoding base64 string: %v\n", err)
+			return
+		}
+		source = fmt.Sprintf("//%s.file.core.windows.net/test", strings.TrimRight(string(decodedBytes), "\n"))
 
+		createSMBCredsScript := "test/utils/create_smbcreds_windows.sh"
+		log.Printf("run script: %s\n", createSMBCredsScript)
+
+		cmd := exec.Command("bash", createSMBCredsScript)
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		log.Printf("got output: %v, error: %v\n", string(output), err)
+		gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
+	} else if isWindowsCluster {
 		getSMBPublicIPScript := "test/utils/get_smb_svc_public_ip.sh"
 		log.Printf("run script: %s\n", getSMBPublicIPScript)
 
@@ -177,8 +197,10 @@ var _ = ginkgo.BeforeSuite(func() {
 		gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 
 		smbPublicIP := strings.TrimSuffix(string(output), "\n")
-		source := fmt.Sprintf("//%s/share", smbPublicIP)
+		source = fmt.Sprintf("//%s/share", smbPublicIP)
+	}
 
+	if isWindowsCluster {
 		log.Printf("use source on Windows: %v\n", source)
 		defaultStorageClassParameters["source"] = source
 		retainStorageClassParameters["source"] = source
diff --git a/test/utils/create_smbcreds_windows.sh b/test/utils/create_smbcreds_windows.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6673f8dff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/create_smbcreds_windows.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+username=`echo YW5keXNzZGZpbGUK | base64 -d`
+pwd=`echo RDVyY1pFMkZ1UlRZVktmaTd4SlZCb1VwdUhLZkRpQUhxZmZzaEVEMXlrQXNPMktaKzZvS25nemF5alZpL1hhSU5zaWVtUGlHSUp5ZkhGcTZUSm5rOUE9PQo= | base64 -d`
+kubectl delete secret smbcreds --ignore-not-found -n default
+kubectl create secret generic smbcreds --from-literal username=$username --from-literal password=$pwd --from-literal mountOptions="dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777,uid=0,gid=0,mfsymlinks" -n default
+