diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
index 471f20048..90f12fc8a 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
@@ -17,12 +17,18 @@ import SynapseIcon from "../../../../images/synapse-link.svg";
 import VSCodeIcon from "../../../../images/vscode.svg";
 import { AuthType } from "../../../AuthType";
 import * as Constants from "../../../Common/Constants";
-import { Platform, configContext } from "../../../ConfigContext";
+import { configContext, Platform } from "../../../ConfigContext";
 import * as ViewModels from "../../../Contracts/ViewModels";
-import { userContext } from "../../../UserContext";
+import {
+  isVCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabled,
+  userContext,
+  VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage,
+  VCoreMongoNativeAuthLearnMoreUrl,
+} from "../../../UserContext";
 import { isRunningOnNationalCloud } from "../../../Utils/CloudUtils";
 import { useSidePanel } from "../../../hooks/useSidePanel";
 import { CommandButtonComponentProps } from "../../Controls/CommandButton/CommandButtonComponent";
+import { useDialog } from "../../Controls/Dialog";
 import Explorer from "../../Explorer";
 import { useNotebook } from "../../Notebook/useNotebook";
 import { BrowseQueriesPane } from "../../Panes/BrowseQueriesPane/BrowseQueriesPane";
@@ -508,12 +514,23 @@ function createOpenTerminalButtonByKind(
   const label = `Open ${terminalFriendlyName()} shell`;
   const tooltip =
     "This feature is not yet available in your account's region. View supported regions here: https://aka.ms/cosmos-enable-notebooks.";
+  const isNativeAuthDisabled =
+    terminalKind === ViewModels.TerminalKind.VCoreMongo && isVCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabled();
   const disableButton =
-    !useNotebook.getState().isNotebooksEnabledForAccount && !useNotebook.getState().isNotebookEnabled;
+    (!useNotebook.getState().isNotebooksEnabledForAccount && !useNotebook.getState().isNotebookEnabled) ||
+    isNativeAuthDisabled;
   return {
     iconSrc: HostedTerminalIcon,
     iconAlt: label,
     onCommandClick: () => {
+      if (isNativeAuthDisabled) {
+        useDialog.getState().showOkModalDialog(
+          "Native Authentication Disabled",
+          VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage,
+          { linkText: "Learn more", linkUrl: VCoreMongoNativeAuthLearnMoreUrl },
+        );
+        return;
+      }
       if (useNotebook.getState().isNotebookEnabled || userContext.features.enableCloudShell) {
         container.openNotebookTerminal(terminalKind);
       }
@@ -522,7 +539,7 @@ function createOpenTerminalButtonByKind(
     hasPopup: false,
     disabled: disableButton,
     ariaLabel: label,
-    tooltipText: !disableButton ? "" : tooltip,
+    tooltipText: isNativeAuthDisabled ? VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage : !disableButton ? "" : tooltip,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx b/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
index 7376f5c8e..d104f8f41 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,14 @@ import VisualStudioIcon from "../../../images/VisualStudio.svg";
 import NotebookIcon from "../../../images/notebook/Notebook-resource.svg";
 import CollectionIcon from "../../../images/tree-collection.svg";
 import * as Constants from "../../Common/Constants";
-import { userContext } from "../../UserContext";
+import {
+  isVCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabled,
+  userContext,
+  VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage,
+  VCoreMongoNativeAuthLearnMoreUrl,
+} from "../../UserContext";
 import { getCollectionName } from "../../Utils/APITypeUtils";
+import { useDialog } from "../Controls/Dialog";
 import Explorer from "../Explorer";
 import * as MostRecentActivity from "../MostRecentActivity/MostRecentActivity";
 import { useNotebook } from "../Notebook/useNotebook";
@@ -423,11 +429,22 @@ export const SplashScreen: React.FC<SplashScreenProps> = ({ explorer }) => {
     }
 
     if (userContext.apiType === "VCoreMongo") {
+      const isNativeAuthDisabled = isVCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabled();
       return {
         iconSrc: PowerShellIcon,
         title: "Mongo Shell",
         description: "Create a collection and interact with data using MongoDB's shell interface",
-        onClick: () => container.openNotebookTerminal(TerminalKind.VCoreMongo),
+        onClick: () => {
+          if (isNativeAuthDisabled) {
+            useDialog.getState().showOkModalDialog(
+              "Native Authentication Disabled",
+              VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage,
+              { linkText: "Learn more", linkUrl: VCoreMongoNativeAuthLearnMoreUrl },
+            );
+          } else {
+            container.openNotebookTerminal(TerminalKind.VCoreMongo);
+          }
+        },
       };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/VCoreMongoQuickstartTab.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tabs/VCoreMongoQuickstartTab.tsx
index 3fb8dde4b..c12d21db8 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/VCoreMongoQuickstartTab.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/VCoreMongoQuickstartTab.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Spinner, SpinnerSize, Stack, Text } from "@fluentui/react";
+import { Link, MessageBar, MessageBarType, Spinner, SpinnerSize, Stack, Text } from "@fluentui/react";
 import { PoolIdType } from "Common/Constants";
 import { NotebookWorkspaceConnectionInfo } from "Contracts/DataModels";
 import { MessageTypes } from "Contracts/ExplorerContracts";
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import { useNotebook } from "Explorer/Notebook/useNotebook";
 import { QuickstartFirewallNotification } from "Explorer/Quickstart/QuickstartFirewallNotification";
 import { VcoreMongoQuickstartGuide } from "Explorer/Quickstart/VCoreMongoQuickstartGuide";
 import { checkFirewallRules } from "Explorer/Tabs/Shared/CheckFirewallRules";
-import { userContext } from "UserContext";
+import {
+  isVCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabled,
+  userContext,
+  VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage,
+  VCoreMongoNativeAuthLearnMoreUrl,
+} from "UserContext";
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import FirewallRuleScreenshot from "../../../images/vcoreMongoFirewallRule.png";
 
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ export const VcoreMongoQuickstartTab: React.FC<VCoreMongoQuickstartTabProps> = (
 }: VCoreMongoQuickstartTabProps): JSX.Element => {
   const notebookServerInfo = useNotebook((state) => state.notebookServerInfo);
   const [isAllPublicIPAddressEnabled, setIsAllPublicIPAddressEnabled] = useState<boolean>(true);
+  const isNativeAuthDisabled = isVCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabled();
 
   const getNotebookServerInfo = (): NotebookWorkspaceConnectionInfo => ({
     authToken: notebookServerInfo.authToken,
@@ -48,14 +54,26 @@ export const VcoreMongoQuickstartTab: React.FC<VCoreMongoQuickstartTabProps> = (
         <VcoreMongoQuickstartGuide />
       </Stack>
       <Stack style={{ width: "50%", borderLeft: "black solid 1px" }}>
-        {!isAllPublicIPAddressEnabled && (
+        {isNativeAuthDisabled && (
+          <Stack style={{ margin: "auto", padding: 20 }}>
+            <MessageBar messageBarType={MessageBarType.warning} isMultiline={true}>
+              <Text>
+                {VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage}{" "}
+                <Link href={VCoreMongoNativeAuthLearnMoreUrl} target="_blank">
+                  Learn more
+                </Link>
+              </Text>
+            </MessageBar>
+          </Stack>
+        )}
+        {!isNativeAuthDisabled && !isAllPublicIPAddressEnabled && (
           <QuickstartFirewallNotification
             messageType={MessageTypes.OpenVCoreMongoNetworkingBlade}
             screenshot={FirewallRuleScreenshot}
             shellName="MongoDB"
           />
         )}
-        {isAllPublicIPAddressEnabled && notebookServerInfo?.notebookServerEndpoint && (
+        {!isNativeAuthDisabled && isAllPublicIPAddressEnabled && notebookServerInfo?.notebookServerEndpoint && (
           <NotebookTerminalComponent
             notebookServerInfo={getNotebookServerInfo()}
             databaseAccount={userContext.databaseAccount}
@@ -63,7 +81,7 @@ export const VcoreMongoQuickstartTab: React.FC<VCoreMongoQuickstartTabProps> = (
             username={userContext.vcoreMongoConnectionParams.adminLogin}
           />
         )}
-        {isAllPublicIPAddressEnabled && !notebookServerInfo?.notebookServerEndpoint && (
+        {!isNativeAuthDisabled && isAllPublicIPAddressEnabled && !notebookServerInfo?.notebookServerEndpoint && (
           <Stack style={{ margin: "auto 0" }}>
             <Text block style={{ margin: "auto" }}>
               Connecting to the Mongo shell.
diff --git a/src/UserContext.ts b/src/UserContext.ts
index a495b9971..6583b6441 100644
--- a/src/UserContext.ts
+++ b/src/UserContext.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,25 @@ export interface PostgresConnectionStrParams {
   isMarlinServerGroup: boolean;
   isFreeTier: boolean;
 }
+export type VCoreMongoAuthMode = "NativeAuth" | "MicrosoftEntraID";
+
+export interface VCoreMongoAuthConfig {
+  allowedModes?: VCoreMongoAuthMode[];
+}
 
 export interface VCoreMongoConnectionParams {
   adminLogin: string;
   connectionString: string;
+  authConfig?: VCoreMongoAuthConfig;
+}
+
+export const VCoreMongoNativeAuthLearnMoreUrl = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2340100";
+
+export const VCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabledMessage =
+  "Native DocumentDB authentication is disabled on this cluster. You can use MongoDB Shell with Entra ID authentication outside of the Azure portal.";
+export function isVCoreMongoNativeAuthDisabled(): boolean {
+  const allowedModes = userContext.vcoreMongoConnectionParams?.authConfig?.allowedModes || [];
+  return allowedModes.length > 0 && !allowedModes.includes("NativeAuth");
 }
 
 export interface FabricArtifactInfo {
@@ -212,3 +227,4 @@ export function apiType(account: DatabaseAccount | undefined): ApiType {
 }
 
 export { updateUserContext, userContext };
+