Network Manager requires a bunch of manual configuration to connect to WPA Enterprise wifi networks. Why?

Connecting to WPA enterprise networks on Windows is straightforward: 1. Select the network 2. Enter your username and password 3. Confirm that, yes, the network is expected to be available at this location ...and you're good to go. Network Manager, on the other hand, requires a ton of manual configuration steps whose defaults often don't work, at least on Ubuntu flavors. It doesn't even default to using the system CA certificates and forces you to select one. Eduroam is a good example - it's so complex that Eduroam has to provide an app to connect to the network on new devices. Why is this the case? Is Windows just trying a bunch of things until they work, or is it privvy to some additional autoconfiguration protocol that Linux doesn't/can't use?