diff --git a/cpp/arcticdb/storage/azure/azure_storage.cpp b/cpp/arcticdb/storage/azure/azure_storage.cpp
index c74a0878e26..0892c9e5496 100644
--- a/cpp/arcticdb/storage/azure/azure_storage.cpp
+++ b/cpp/arcticdb/storage/azure/azure_storage.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ AzureStorage::AzureStorage(const LibraryPath &library_path, OpenMode mode, const
 
 Azure::Storage::Blobs::BlobClientOptions AzureStorage::get_client_options(const Config &conf) {
     Azure::Core::Http::CurlTransportOptions curl_transport_options;
-    curl_transport_options.CAInfo = conf.ca_cert_path();
+    if (!conf.ca_cert_path().empty()) //WARNING: Setting ca_cert_path will force Azure sdk uses libcurl as backend support, instead of winhttp
+        curl_transport_options.CAInfo = conf.ca_cert_path();
     BlobClientOptions client_options;
     client_options.Transport.Transport = std::make_shared<Azure::Core::Http::CurlTransport>(curl_transport_options);
     return client_options;
diff --git a/python/arcticdb/arctic.py b/python/arcticdb/arctic.py
index fcc1a111a25..0b8ea05d2f9 100644
--- a/python/arcticdb/arctic.py
+++ b/python/arcticdb/arctic.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def __init__(self, uri: str, encoding_version: EncodingVersion = DEFAULT_ENCODIN
                 |                           | "/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem"                             OpenELEC                                                                                                |
                 |                           | "/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem"   CentOS/RHEL 7                                                                                           |
                 |                           | "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"                                   Alpine Linux                                                                                            |
+                |                           | WARNING for WINDOWS USER: Not leaving this empty will switch the backend support of Azure SDK from winhttp to libcurl. If ca cert path is needed to be        |
+                |                           | specified, set it in Windows setting so winhttp will be used still                                                                                            |
                 +---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
                 Exception: Azure exceptions message always ends with `{AZURE_SDK_HTTP_STATUS_CODE}:{AZURE_SDK_REASON_PHRASE}`.