diff --git a/docs/usage/config.md b/docs/usage/config.md
index 31bf5f504d..e7fecdbd13 100644
--- a/docs/usage/config.md
+++ b/docs/usage/config.md
@@ -300,6 +300,18 @@ Alternatively, if you have installed a copy of keyring globally, make sure the C
 export PATH=$PATH:path/to/keyring/bin
 ```
 
+### Password management with keyring for Azure Artifacts
+
+When trying to authenticate towards azure artifacts, this can be achieved by either using AD groups to authenticate: `pdm self add keyring artifacts-keyring` ensuring that artifacts-keyring will be used for authentication.
+
+And then adding the artifacts url to `pyproject.toml`
+
+```
+[[tool.pdm.source]]
+name = "NameOfFeed"
+url = "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/[org name]/_packaging/[feed name]/pypi/simple/"
+```
+
 ## Override the resolved package versions
 
 +++ 1.12.0
diff --git a/news/2851.bugfix.md b/news/2851.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf5721a778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/2851.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed pdm venv activate, to also work for windows. And added documentation on how to authenticate to Azure Artifacts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pdm/cli/commands/venv/activate.py b/src/pdm/cli/commands/venv/activate.py
index d827cababc..a8fe5a0161 100644
--- a/src/pdm/cli/commands/venv/activate.py
+++ b/src/pdm/cli/commands/venv/activate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import platform
 import shlex
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -55,9 +56,11 @@ def get_activate_command(self, venv: VirtualEnv) -> str:  # pragma: no cover
             command, filename = "source", "activate"
         activate_script = venv.interpreter.with_name(filename)
         if activate_script.exists():
+            if platform.system() == "Windows":
+                return f"{self.quote(str(activate_script), shell)}"
             return f"{command} {self.quote(str(activate_script), shell)}"
         # Conda backed virtualenvs don't have activate scripts
-        return f"conda activate {shlex.quote(str(venv.root))}"
+        return f"conda activate {self.quote(str(venv.root), shell)}"
 
     @staticmethod
     def quote(command: str, shell: str) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_venv.py b/tests/cli/test_venv.py
index 8b04977aa1..a7d3fa876c 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_venv.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_venv.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import platform
 import re
 import shutil
 import sys
@@ -133,7 +134,10 @@ def test_venv_activate(pdm, mocker, project):
         assert result.output.startswith("conda activate")
     else:
         assert result.output.strip("'\"\n").endswith("activate")
-        assert result.output.startswith("source")
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            assert not result.output.startswith("source")
+        else:
+            assert result.output.startswith("source")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("venv_backends")
@@ -186,7 +190,10 @@ def test_venv_activate_no_shell(pdm, mocker, project):
         assert result.output.startswith("conda activate")
     else:
         assert result.output.strip("'\"\n").endswith("activate")
-        assert result.output.startswith("source")
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            assert not result.output.startswith("source")
+        else:
+            assert result.output.startswith("source")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("fake_create")