diff --git a/src/Common/Constants.ts b/src/Common/Constants.ts
index 4d56c53d9..8458bc0c0 100644
--- a/src/Common/Constants.ts
+++ b/src/Common/Constants.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ export class Features {
   public static readonly enableAutoPilotV2 = "enableautopilotv2";
   public static readonly ttl90Days = "ttl90days";
   public static readonly enableRightPanelV2 = "enablerightpanelv2";
+  public static readonly enableSDKoperations = "enablesdkoperations";
 }
 
 export class AfecFeatures {
diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteCollection.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteCollection.ts
index 9be2fcce0..75d282fce 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteCollection.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteCollection.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { refreshCachedResources } from "../DataAccessUtilityBase";
 export async function deleteCollection(databaseId: string, collectionId: string): Promise<void> {
   const clearMessage = logConsoleProgress(`Deleting container ${collectionId}`);
   try {
-    if (window.authType === AuthType.AAD) {
+    if (window.authType === AuthType.AAD && !userContext.useSDKOperations) {
       await deleteCollectionWithARM(databaseId, collectionId);
     } else {
       await client()
diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDatabase.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDatabase.ts
index c92a9aa66..4a2767d0f 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDatabase.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDatabase.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ export async function deleteDatabase(databaseId: string): Promise<void> {
   const clearMessage = logConsoleProgress(`Deleting database ${databaseId}`);
 
   try {
-    if (window.authType === AuthType.AAD && userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.Table) {
+    if (
+      window.authType === AuthType.AAD &&
+      userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.Table &&
+      !userContext.useSDKOperations
+    ) {
       await deleteDatabaseWithARM(databaseId);
     } else {
       await client()
diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts
index 79cecc077..6ebca7b13 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export async function readCollections(databaseId: string): Promise<DataModels.Co
   try {
     if (
       window.authType === AuthType.AAD &&
+      !userContext.useSDKOperations &&
       userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.MongoDB &&
       userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.Table
     ) {
diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/readDatabases.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/readDatabases.ts
index 68f6181af..b106a4e06 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/readDatabases.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/readDatabases.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ export async function readDatabases(): Promise<DataModels.Database[]> {
   try {
     if (
       window.authType === AuthType.AAD &&
+      !userContext.useSDKOperations &&
       userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.MongoDB &&
-      userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.Table
+      userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.Table &&
+      userContext.defaultExperience !== DefaultAccountExperienceType.Cassandra
     ) {
       databases = await readDatabasesWithARM();
     } else {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.ts b/src/Explorer/Explorer.ts
index 81a7ff2ac..3b7810e79 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.ts
@@ -975,6 +975,10 @@ export default class Explorer {
         this.sparkClusterConnectionInfo.valueHasMutated();
       }
 
+      if (this.isFeatureEnabled(Constants.Features.enableSDKoperations)) {
+        updateUserContext({ useSDKOperations: true });
+      }
+
       featureSubcription.dispose();
     });
 
diff --git a/src/UserContext.ts b/src/UserContext.ts
index e9b4f6e62..2cba6a417 100644
--- a/src/UserContext.ts
+++ b/src/UserContext.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface UserContext {
   authorizationToken?: string;
   resourceToken?: string;
   defaultExperience?: DefaultAccountExperienceType;
+  useSDKOperations?: boolean;
 }
 
 const userContext: Readonly<UserContext> = {} as const;