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They exist, they're just more corporate and centralized, and inundated with basic tech support questions due to the huge install base.
Like this: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/windows
If you dig deep enough in there you'll find administrators talking about powershell hacks and devops and group policy and stuff like that. There's probably people who are "passionate" about Windows, I'd imagine, but since it's closed source there's only so much you can do without being literally an employee of MS. The people I've met like this are kind of smugly defensive about Windows because they've invested so much training and knowledge into its arcana, but it's not exactly "passion".
I used to know a kid who was a hardcore Windows stan. He wasn't terribly bright. He had a business idea for a company called "Hackers For Hire" where he would come to your house and show you how to download commercial software for free.
I do sysadmin and hate all Microsoft software from Windows to their cloud offerings.