diff --git a/less/Common/Constants.less b/less/Common/Constants.less
index 50bdd7d91..58cedfdda 100644
--- a/less/Common/Constants.less
+++ b/less/Common/Constants.less
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 @DataExplorerFont: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
 @SemiboldFont: "Segoe UI Semibold", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
+@GrayScale: "grayscale()";
 
 @xSmallFontSize: 4px;
 @smallFontSize: 8px;
diff --git a/less/resourceTree.less b/less/resourceTree.less
index 39bced9da..31410ab32 100644
--- a/less/resourceTree.less
+++ b/less/resourceTree.less
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
   .notebookHeader {
     font-size: 12px;
   }
+
+  .clickDisabled {
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index d854278c2..40321286f 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -1084,11 +1084,13 @@ export default class Explorer {
       dataExplorerArea: Constants.Areas.Notebook,
     });
 
-    if (isNotebookEnabled) {
-      await this.initNotebooks(userContext.databaseAccount);
-    } else if (this.notebookToImport) {
-      // if notebooks is not enabled but the user is trying to do a quickstart setup with notebooks, open the SetupNotebooksPane
-      this._openSetupNotebooksPaneForQuickstart();
+    if (!userContext.features.notebooksTemporarilyDown) {
+      if (isNotebookEnabled) {
+        await this.initNotebooks(userContext.databaseAccount);
+      } else if (this.notebookToImport) {
+        // if notebooks is not enabled but the user is trying to do a quickstart setup with notebooks, open the SetupNotebooksPane
+        this._openSetupNotebooksPaneForQuickstart();
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts
index e3ad0044f..d6005b731 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts
@@ -103,19 +103,25 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
 
       const buttons = CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.createStaticCommandBarButtons(mockExplorer, selectedNodeState);
       const enableNotebookBtn = buttons.find((button) => button.commandButtonLabel === enableNotebookBtnLabel);
-      expect(enableNotebookBtn).toBeDefined();
-      expect(enableNotebookBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
-      expect(enableNotebookBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
+
+      //TODO: modify once notebooks are available
+      expect(enableNotebookBtn).toBeUndefined();
+      //expect(enableNotebookBtn).toBeDefined();
+      //expect(enableNotebookBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
+      //expect(enableNotebookBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
     });
 
     it("Notebooks is not enabled and is unavailable - button should be shown and disabled", () => {
       const buttons = CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.createStaticCommandBarButtons(mockExplorer, selectedNodeState);
       const enableNotebookBtn = buttons.find((button) => button.commandButtonLabel === enableNotebookBtnLabel);
-      expect(enableNotebookBtn).toBeDefined();
-      expect(enableNotebookBtn.disabled).toBe(true);
-      expect(enableNotebookBtn.tooltipText).toBe(
-        "Notebooks are not yet available in your account's region. View supported regions here: https://aka.ms/cosmos-enable-notebooks."
-      );
+
+      //TODO: modify once notebooks are available
+      expect(enableNotebookBtn).toBeUndefined();
+      //expect(enableNotebookBtn).toBeDefined();
+      //expect(enableNotebookBtn.disabled).toBe(true);
+      //expect(enableNotebookBtn.tooltipText).toBe(
+      //  "Notebooks are not yet available in your account's region. View supported regions here: https://aka.ms/cosmos-enable-notebooks."
+      //);
     });
   });
 
@@ -192,8 +198,11 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
       const buttons = CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.createStaticCommandBarButtons(mockExplorer, selectedNodeState);
       const openMongoShellBtn = buttons.find((button) => button.commandButtonLabel === openMongoShellBtnLabel);
       expect(openMongoShellBtn).toBeDefined();
-      expect(openMongoShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
-      expect(openMongoShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
+
+      //TODO: modify once notebooks are available
+      expect(openMongoShellBtn.disabled).toBe(true);
+      //expect(openMongoShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
+      //expect(openMongoShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
     });
 
     it("Notebooks is enabled and is available - button should be shown and enabled", () => {
@@ -203,8 +212,11 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
       const buttons = CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.createStaticCommandBarButtons(mockExplorer, selectedNodeState);
       const openMongoShellBtn = buttons.find((button) => button.commandButtonLabel === openMongoShellBtnLabel);
       expect(openMongoShellBtn).toBeDefined();
-      expect(openMongoShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
-      expect(openMongoShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
+
+      //TODO: modify once notebooks are available
+      expect(openMongoShellBtn.disabled).toBe(true);
+      //expect(openMongoShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
+      //expect(openMongoShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
     });
 
     it("Notebooks is enabled and is available, terminal is unavailable due to ipRules - button should be hidden", () => {
@@ -290,9 +302,13 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
 
       const buttons = CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.createStaticCommandBarButtons(mockExplorer, selectedNodeState);
       const openCassandraShellBtn = buttons.find((button) => button.commandButtonLabel === openCassandraShellBtnLabel);
+
       expect(openCassandraShellBtn).toBeDefined();
-      expect(openCassandraShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
-      expect(openCassandraShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
+
+      //TODO: modify once notebooks are available
+      expect(openCassandraShellBtn.disabled).toBe(true);
+      //expect(openCassandraShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
+      //expect(openCassandraShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
     });
 
     it("Notebooks is enabled and is available - button should be shown and enabled", () => {
@@ -302,8 +318,11 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
       const buttons = CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.createStaticCommandBarButtons(mockExplorer, selectedNodeState);
       const openCassandraShellBtn = buttons.find((button) => button.commandButtonLabel === openCassandraShellBtnLabel);
       expect(openCassandraShellBtn).toBeDefined();
-      expect(openCassandraShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
-      expect(openCassandraShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
+
+      //TODO: modify once notebooks are available
+      expect(openCassandraShellBtn.disabled).toBe(true);
+      //expect(openCassandraShellBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
+      //expect(openCassandraShellBtn.tooltipText).toBe("");
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
index f1c0afc92..623c8250d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ export function createStaticCommandBarButtons(
     newCollectionBtn.children.push(newDatabaseBtn);
   }
 
-  buttons.push(createDivider());
-
   if (useNotebook.getState().isNotebookEnabled) {
+    buttons.push(createDivider());
     const notebookButtons: CommandButtonComponentProps[] = [];
 
     const newNotebookButton = createNewNotebookButton(container);
@@ -110,7 +109,8 @@ export function createStaticCommandBarButtons(
       buttons.push(btn);
     });
   } else {
-    if (!isRunningOnNationalCloud()) {
+    if (!isRunningOnNationalCloud() && !userContext.features.notebooksTemporarilyDown) {
+      buttons.push(createDivider());
       buttons.push(createEnableNotebooksButton(container));
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx
index 6403b4ed9..748657816 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ import { MemoryTracker } from "./MemoryTrackerComponent";
 export const convertButton = (btns: CommandButtonComponentProps[], backgroundColor: string): ICommandBarItemProps[] => {
   const buttonHeightPx = StyleConstants.CommandBarButtonHeight;
 
+  const getFilter = (isDisabled: boolean): string => {
+    if (isDisabled) {
+      return StyleConstants.GrayScale;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
   return btns
     .filter((btn) => btn)
     .map(
@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ export const convertButton = (btns: CommandButtonComponentProps[], backgroundCol
             style: {
               width: StyleConstants.CommandBarIconWidth, // 16
               alignSelf: btn.iconName ? "baseline" : undefined,
+              filter: getFilter(btn.disabled),
             },
             imageProps: btn.iconSrc ? { src: btn.iconSrc, alt: btn.iconAlt } : undefined,
             iconName: btn.iconName,
@@ -123,8 +131,12 @@ export const convertButton = (btns: CommandButtonComponentProps[], backgroundCol
               width: 12,
               paddingLeft: 1,
               paddingTop: 6,
+              filter: getFilter(btn.disabled),
+            },
+            imageProps: {
+              src: ChevronDownIcon,
+              alt: btn.iconAlt,
             },
-            imageProps: { src: ChevronDownIcon, alt: btn.iconAlt },
           };
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx
index f6f05bde2..172c9caf9 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export const ResourceTree: React.FC<ResourceTreeProps> = ({ container }: Resourc
   const buildNotebooksTemporarilyDownTree = (): TreeNode => {
     return {
       label: Notebook.temporarilyDownMsg,
+      className: "clickDisabled",
     };
   };