docs: Describe the Windows agent's update and workload support

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### OS updates
Agents check for pending package updates hourly and report the count. From the
server page you can:
Agents check for pending package updates hourly and report the count the
machine's own package manager on Linux, the Windows Update COM API on Windows.
From the server page you can:
- **Apply updates** runs the machine's own package manager and reports back.
- **Apply updates** runs that check's install path and reports back. The agent
never reboots the machine; if one is owed, a **reboot required** badge
appears on the next inventory snapshot instead.
- **Update agent** upgrades the Vantage agent on that machine. See
[Agent updates](../operations/agent-updates.md).
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## Windows servers
Windows agents register, run workflow steps and report inventory. They do not
manage `authorized_keys`.
Windows agents register, heartbeat, run workflow steps, report inventory,
check and apply OS updates, report workloads (services and containers), and
serve the browser console. They do not manage `authorized_keys`, and they are
not covered by package inventory or CVE scanning — the vulnerability feeds
this project uses carry no Windows data.
## Removing a server