diff --git a/src/Common/Constants.ts b/src/Common/Constants.ts
index 293e1b3e8..6e13f07b5 100644
--- a/src/Common/Constants.ts
+++ b/src/Common/Constants.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export class Flights {
   public static readonly AutoscaleTest = "autoscaletest";
   public static readonly PartitionKeyTest = "partitionkeytest";
   public static readonly PKPartitionKeyTest = "pkpartitionkeytest";
+  public static readonly Phoenix = "phoenix";
 }
 
 export class AfecFeatures {
@@ -337,6 +338,13 @@ export enum ConflictOperationType {
   Delete = "delete",
 }
 
+export enum ConnectionStatusType {
+  Connecting = "Connecting",
+  Allocating = "Allocating",
+  Connected = "Connected",
+  Failed = "Connection Failed",
+}
+
 export const EmulatorMasterKey =
   //[SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Security", "CS002:SecretInNextLine", Justification="Well known public masterKey for emulator")]
   "C2y6yDjf5/R+ob0N8A7Cgv30VRDJIWEHLM+4QDU5DE2nQ9nDuVTqobD4b8mGGyPMbIZnqyMsEcaGQy67XIw/Jw==";
diff --git a/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts b/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
index efd5ffb78..a8957c662 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
+++ b/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { ConnectionStatusType } from "../Common/Constants";
+
 export interface DatabaseAccount {
   id: string;
   name: string;
@@ -496,3 +498,8 @@ export interface MemoryUsageInfo {
   freeKB: number;
   totalKB: number;
 }
+
+export interface ContainerConnectionInfo {
+  status: ConnectionStatusType;
+  //need to add ram and rom info
+}
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Dialog.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Dialog.tsx
index 449627d13..362e95517 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Dialog.tsx
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ export const Dialog: FC = () => {
           text: secondaryButtonText,
           onClick: onSecondaryButtonClick,
         }
-      : {};
-
+      : undefined;
   return visible ? (
     <FluentDialog {...dialogProps}>
       {choiceGroupProps && <ChoiceGroup {...choiceGroupProps} />}
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
index b1164fe05..6f01661ea 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                 "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
                 "onRefreshResourcesClick": [Function],
+                "phoenixClient": PhoenixClient {},
                 "provideFeedbackEmail": [Function],
                 "queriesClient": QueriesClient {
                   "container": [Circular],
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                 "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
                 "onRefreshResourcesClick": [Function],
+                "phoenixClient": PhoenixClient {},
                 "provideFeedbackEmail": [Function],
                 "queriesClient": QueriesClient {
                   "container": [Circular],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index 40321286f..2cd3e79da 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import _ from "underscore";
 import { AuthType } from "../AuthType";
 import { BindingHandlersRegisterer } from "../Bindings/BindingHandlersRegisterer";
 import * as Constants from "../Common/Constants";
+import { ConnectionStatusType } from "../Common/Constants";
 import { readCollection } from "../Common/dataAccess/readCollection";
 import { readDatabases } from "../Common/dataAccess/readDatabases";
 import { isPublicInternetAccessAllowed } from "../Common/DatabaseAccountUtility";
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import { GitHubOAuthService } from "../GitHub/GitHubOAuthService";
 import { useSidePanel } from "../hooks/useSidePanel";
 import { useTabs } from "../hooks/useTabs";
 import { IGalleryItem } from "../Juno/JunoClient";
+import { PhoenixClient } from "../Phoenix/PhoenixClient";
 import * as ExplorerSettings from "../Shared/ExplorerSettings";
 import { Action, ActionModifiers } from "../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryConstants";
 import * as TelemetryProcessor from "../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryProcessor";
@@ -87,12 +89,13 @@ export default class Explorer {
   };
 
   private static readonly MaxNbDatabasesToAutoExpand = 5;
-
+  private phoenixClient: PhoenixClient;
   constructor() {
     const startKey: number = TelemetryProcessor.traceStart(Action.InitializeDataExplorer, {
       dataExplorerArea: Constants.Areas.ResourceTree,
     });
     this._isInitializingNotebooks = false;
+    this.phoenixClient = new PhoenixClient();
     useNotebook.subscribe(
       () => this.refreshCommandBarButtons(),
       (state) => state.isNotebooksEnabledForAccount
@@ -343,19 +346,43 @@ export default class Explorer {
       return;
     }
     this._isInitializingNotebooks = true;
+    if (userContext.features.phoenix) {
+      const connectionStatus: DataModels.ContainerConnectionInfo = {
+        status: ConnectionStatusType.Allocating,
+      };
+      useNotebook.getState().setConnectionInfo(connectionStatus);
+      const provisionData = {
+        cosmosEndpoint: userContext.databaseAccount.properties.documentEndpoint,
+        resourceId: userContext.databaseAccount.id,
+        dbAccountName: userContext.databaseAccount.name,
+        aadToken: userContext.authorizationToken,
+        resourceGroup: userContext.resourceGroup,
+        subscriptionId: userContext.subscriptionId,
+      };
+      const connectionInfo = await this.phoenixClient.containerConnectionInfo(provisionData);
+      if (connectionInfo.data && connectionInfo.data.notebookServerUrl) {
+        connectionStatus.status = ConnectionStatusType.Connected;
+        useNotebook.getState().setConnectionInfo(connectionStatus);
 
-    await this.ensureNotebookWorkspaceRunning();
-    const connectionInfo = await listConnectionInfo(
-      userContext.subscriptionId,
-      userContext.resourceGroup,
-      databaseAccount.name,
-      "default"
-    );
+        useNotebook.getState().setNotebookServerInfo({
+          notebookServerEndpoint: userContext.features.notebookServerUrl || connectionInfo.data.notebookServerUrl,
+          authToken: userContext.features.notebookServerToken || connectionInfo.data.notebookAuthToken,
+        });
+      }
+    } else {
+      await this.ensureNotebookWorkspaceRunning();
+      const connectionInfo = await listConnectionInfo(
+        userContext.subscriptionId,
+        userContext.resourceGroup,
+        databaseAccount.name,
+        "default"
+      );
 
-    useNotebook.getState().setNotebookServerInfo({
-      notebookServerEndpoint: userContext.features.notebookServerUrl || connectionInfo.notebookServerEndpoint,
-      authToken: userContext.features.notebookServerToken || connectionInfo.authToken,
-    });
+      useNotebook.getState().setNotebookServerInfo({
+        notebookServerEndpoint: userContext.features.notebookServerUrl || connectionInfo.notebookServerEndpoint,
+        authToken: userContext.features.notebookServerToken || connectionInfo.authToken,
+      });
+    }
 
     useNotebook.getState().initializeNotebooksTree(this.notebookManager);
 
@@ -364,7 +391,7 @@ export default class Explorer {
     this._isInitializingNotebooks = false;
   }
 
-  public resetNotebookWorkspace() {
+  public resetNotebookWorkspace(): void {
     if (!useNotebook.getState().isNotebookEnabled || !this.notebookManager?.notebookClient) {
       handleError(
         "Attempt to reset notebook workspace, but notebook is not enabled",
@@ -389,7 +416,6 @@ export default class Explorer {
     if (!databaseAccount) {
       return false;
     }
-
     try {
       const { value: workspaces } = await listByDatabaseAccount(
         userContext.subscriptionId,
@@ -906,7 +932,7 @@ export default class Explorer {
     await this.notebookManager?.notebookContentClient.updateItemChildrenInPlace(item);
   }
 
-  public openNotebookTerminal(kind: ViewModels.TerminalKind) {
+  public openNotebookTerminal(kind: ViewModels.TerminalKind): void {
     let title: string;
 
     switch (kind) {
@@ -1026,7 +1052,10 @@ export default class Explorer {
   }
 
   public async handleOpenFileAction(path: string): Promise<void> {
-    if (!(await this._containsDefaultNotebookWorkspace(userContext.databaseAccount))) {
+    if (
+      userContext.features.phoenix === false &&
+      !(await this._containsDefaultNotebookWorkspace(userContext.databaseAccount))
+    ) {
       this._openSetupNotebooksPaneForQuickstart();
     }
 
@@ -1072,10 +1101,13 @@ export default class Explorer {
       ? this.refreshDatabaseForResourceToken()
       : this.refreshAllDatabases();
     await useNotebook.getState().refreshNotebooksEnabledStateForAccount();
-    const isNotebookEnabled: boolean =
-      userContext.authType !== AuthType.ResourceToken &&
-      ((await this._containsDefaultNotebookWorkspace(userContext.databaseAccount)) ||
-        userContext.features.enableNotebooks);
+    let isNotebookEnabled = true;
+    if (!userContext.features.phoenix) {
+      isNotebookEnabled =
+        userContext.authType !== AuthType.ResourceToken &&
+        ((await this._containsDefaultNotebookWorkspace(userContext.databaseAccount)) ||
+          userContext.features.enableNotebooks);
+    }
     useNotebook.getState().setIsNotebookEnabled(isNotebookEnabled);
     useNotebook.getState().setIsShellEnabled(isNotebookEnabled && isPublicInternetAccessAllowed());
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx
index 9755075a8..452d7e881 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export const CommandBar: React.FC<Props> = ({ container }: Props) => {
   const uiFabricControlButtons = CommandBarUtil.convertButton(controlButtons, backgroundColor);
   uiFabricControlButtons.forEach((btn: ICommandBarItemProps) => (btn.iconOnly = true));
 
+  uiFabricControlButtons.unshift(CommandBarUtil.createConnectionStatus("connectionStatus"));
+
   if (useTabs.getState().activeTab?.tabKind === ViewModels.CollectionTabKind.NotebookV2) {
     uiFabricControlButtons.unshift(CommandBarUtil.createMemoryTracker("memoryTracker"));
   }
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
index 623c8250d..3e9e35b54 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ export function createStaticCommandBarButtons(
     }
 
     notebookButtons.push(createOpenTerminalButton(container));
-
-    notebookButtons.push(createNotebookWorkspaceResetButton(container));
+    if (userContext.features.phoenix === false) {
+      notebookButtons.push(createNotebookWorkspaceResetButton(container));
+    }
     if (
       (userContext.apiType === "Mongo" &&
         useNotebook.getState().isShellEnabled &&
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx
index 748657816..6549ce597 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarUtil.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { StyleConstants } from "../../../Common/Constants";
 import { Action, ActionModifiers } from "../../../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryConstants";
 import * as TelemetryProcessor from "../../../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryProcessor";
 import { CommandButtonComponentProps } from "../../Controls/CommandButton/CommandButtonComponent";
+import { ConnectionStatus } from "./ConnectionStatusComponent";
 import { MemoryTracker } from "./MemoryTrackerComponent";
 
 /**
@@ -201,3 +202,10 @@ export const createMemoryTracker = (key: string): ICommandBarItemProps => {
     onRender: () => <MemoryTracker />,
   };
 };
+
+export const createConnectionStatus = (key: string): ICommandBarItemProps => {
+  return {
+    key,
+    onRender: () => <ConnectionStatus />,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.less b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb9b8b656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.less
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+@import "../../../../less/Common/Constants";
+
+.connectionStatusContainer {
+    cursor: default;
+    align-items: center;
+    margin: 0 9px;
+    border: 1px;
+    min-height: 44px;
+
+    > span {
+        padding-right: 12px;
+        font-size: 13px;
+        font-family: @DataExplorerFont;
+        color: @DefaultFontColor;
+    }
+}
+.connectionStatusFailed{
+    color: #bd1919;
+}
+.ring-container {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.ringringGreen {
+    border: 3px solid green;
+    border-radius: 30px;
+    height: 18px;
+    width: 18px;
+    position: absolute;
+    margin: .4285em 0em 0em 0.07477em;
+    animation: pulsate 3s ease-out;
+    animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
+    opacity: 0.0
+}
+.ringringYellow{
+    border: 3px solid #ffbf00;
+    border-radius: 30px;
+    height: 18px;
+    width: 18px;
+    position: absolute;
+    margin: .4285em 0em 0em 0.07477em;
+    animation: pulsate 3s ease-out;
+    animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
+    opacity: 0.0
+}
+.ringringRed{
+    border: 3px solid #bd1919;
+    border-radius: 30px;
+    height: 18px;
+    width: 18px;
+    position: absolute;
+    margin: .4285em 0em 0em 0.07477em;
+    animation: pulsate 3s ease-out;
+    animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
+    opacity: 0.0
+}
+@keyframes pulsate {
+    0% {-webkit-transform: scale(0.1, 0.1); opacity: 0.0;}
+    15% {opacity: 0.8;}
+    25% {opacity: 0.6;}
+    45% {opacity: 0.4;}
+    70% {opacity: 0.3;}
+    100% {-webkit-transform: scale(.7, .7); opacity: 0.1;}
+}
+.locationGreenDot{
+    font-size: 20px;
+    margin-right: 0.07em;
+    color: green;
+}
+.locationYellowDot{
+    font-size: 20px;
+    margin-right: 0.07em;
+    color: #ffbf00;
+}
+.locationRedDot{
+    font-size: 20px;
+    margin-right: 0.07em;
+    color: #bd1919;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e4cfa04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { Icon, ProgressIndicator, Spinner, SpinnerSize, Stack, TooltipHost } from "@fluentui/react";
+import * as React from "react";
+import { ConnectionStatusType } from "../../../Common/Constants";
+import { useNotebook } from "../../Notebook/useNotebook";
+import "../CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.less";
+
+export const ConnectionStatus: React.FC = (): JSX.Element => {
+  const [second, setSecond] = React.useState("00");
+  const [minute, setMinute] = React.useState("00");
+  const [isActive, setIsActive] = React.useState(false);
+  const [counter, setCounter] = React.useState(0);
+  const [statusColor, setStatusColor] = React.useState("locationYellowDot");
+  const [statusColorAnimation, setStatusColorAnimation] = React.useState("ringringYellow");
+  const toolTipContent = "Hosted runtime status.";
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    let intervalId: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
+    if (isActive) {
+      intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+        const secondCounter = counter % 60;
+        const minuteCounter = Math.floor(counter / 60);
+        const computedSecond: string = String(secondCounter).length === 1 ? `0${secondCounter}` : `${secondCounter}`;
+        const computedMinute: string = String(minuteCounter).length === 1 ? `0${minuteCounter}` : `${minuteCounter}`;
+
+        setSecond(computedSecond);
+        setMinute(computedMinute);
+
+        setCounter((counter) => counter + 1);
+      }, 1000);
+    }
+    return () => clearInterval(intervalId);
+  }, [isActive, counter]);
+
+  const stopTimer = () => {
+    setIsActive(false);
+    setCounter(0);
+    setSecond("00");
+    setMinute("00");
+  };
+
+  const connectionInfo = useNotebook((state) => state.connectionInfo);
+  if (!connectionInfo) {
+    return (
+      <Stack className="connectionStatusContainer" horizontal>
+        <span>Connecting</span>
+        <Spinner size={SpinnerSize.medium} />
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+  if (connectionInfo && connectionInfo.status === ConnectionStatusType.Allocating && isActive === false) {
+    setIsActive(true);
+  } else if (connectionInfo && connectionInfo.status === ConnectionStatusType.Connected && isActive === true) {
+    stopTimer();
+    setStatusColor("locationGreenDot");
+    setStatusColorAnimation("ringringGreen");
+  } else if (connectionInfo && connectionInfo.status === ConnectionStatusType.Failed && isActive === true) {
+    stopTimer();
+    setStatusColor("locationRedDot");
+    setStatusColorAnimation("ringringRed");
+  }
+  return (
+    <TooltipHost content={toolTipContent}>
+      <Stack className="connectionStatusContainer" horizontal>
+        <div className="ring-container">
+          <div className={statusColorAnimation}></div>
+          <Icon iconName="LocationDot" className={statusColor} />
+        </div>
+        <span className={connectionInfo.status === ConnectionStatusType.Failed ? "connectionStatusFailed" : ""}>
+          {connectionInfo.status}
+        </span>
+        {connectionInfo.status === ConnectionStatusType.Allocating && isActive && (
+          <ProgressIndicator description={minute + ":" + second} />
+        )}
+      </Stack>
+    </TooltipHost>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/epics.ts b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/epics.ts
index 9e6616a06..da2bc35a8 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/epics.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/epics.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const formWebSocketURL = (serverConfig: NotebookServiceConfig, kernelId: string,
   const q = params.toString();
   const suffix = q !== "" ? `?${q}` : "";
 
-  const url = (serverConfig.endpoint || "") + `api/kernels/${kernelId}/channels${suffix}`;
+  const url = (serverConfig.endpoint.slice(0, -1) || "") + `api/kernels/${kernelId}/channels${suffix}`;
 
   return url.replace(/^http(s)?/, "ws$1");
 };
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContainerClient.ts b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContainerClient.ts
index 0e50106a7..91cedca06 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContainerClient.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContainerClient.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class NotebookContainerClient {
 
     const { notebookServerEndpoint, authToken } = this.getNotebookServerConfig();
     try {
-      const response = await fetch(`${notebookServerEndpoint}/api/metrics/memory`, {
+      const response = await fetch(`${notebookServerEndpoint}api/metrics/memory`, {
         method: "GET",
         headers: {
           Authorization: authToken,
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContentClient.ts b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContentClient.ts
index 5ca408c2a..a0e368020 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContentClient.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookContentClient.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ export class NotebookContentClient {
    *
    * @param parent parent folder
    */
-  public createNewNotebookFile(parent: NotebookContentItem, isGithubTree?: boolean): Promise<NotebookContentItem> {
+  public async createNewNotebookFile(
+    parent: NotebookContentItem,
+    isGithubTree?: boolean
+  ): Promise<NotebookContentItem> {
     if (!parent || parent.type !== NotebookContentItemType.Directory) {
       throw new Error(`Parent must be a directory: ${parent}`);
     }
@@ -99,7 +102,6 @@ export class NotebookContentClient {
     if (!parent || parent.type !== NotebookContentItemType.Directory) {
       throw new Error(`Parent must be a directory: ${parent}`);
     }
-
     const filepath = NotebookUtil.getFilePath(parent.path, name);
     if (await this.checkIfFilepathExists(filepath)) {
       throw new Error(`File already exists: ${filepath}`);
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Notebook/useNotebook.ts b/src/Explorer/Notebook/useNotebook.ts
index 5a2c97b3e..348f7278e 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Notebook/useNotebook.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Notebook/useNotebook.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ interface NotebookState {
   myNotebooksContentRoot: NotebookContentItem;
   gitHubNotebooksContentRoot: NotebookContentItem;
   galleryContentRoot: NotebookContentItem;
+  connectionInfo: DataModels.ContainerConnectionInfo;
+  NotebookFolderName: string;
   setIsNotebookEnabled: (isNotebookEnabled: boolean) => void;
   setIsNotebooksEnabledForAccount: (isNotebooksEnabledForAccount: boolean) => void;
   setNotebookServerInfo: (notebookServerInfo: DataModels.NotebookWorkspaceConnectionInfo) => void;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ interface NotebookState {
   deleteNotebookItem: (item: NotebookContentItem, isGithubTree?: boolean) => void;
   initializeNotebooksTree: (notebookManager: NotebookManager) => Promise<void>;
   initializeGitHubRepos: (pinnedRepos: IPinnedRepo[]) => void;
+  setConnectionInfo: (connectionInfo: DataModels.ContainerConnectionInfo) => void;
 }
 
 export const useNotebook: UseStore<NotebookState> = create((set, get) => ({
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ export const useNotebook: UseStore<NotebookState> = create((set, get) => ({
   myNotebooksContentRoot: undefined,
   gitHubNotebooksContentRoot: undefined,
   galleryContentRoot: undefined,
+  connectionInfo: undefined,
+  NotebookFolderName: userContext.features.phoenix ? "My Notebooks Scratch" : "My Notebooks",
   setIsNotebookEnabled: (isNotebookEnabled: boolean) => set({ isNotebookEnabled }),
   setIsNotebooksEnabledForAccount: (isNotebooksEnabledForAccount: boolean) => set({ isNotebooksEnabledForAccount }),
   setNotebookServerInfo: (notebookServerInfo: DataModels.NotebookWorkspaceConnectionInfo) =>
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ export const useNotebook: UseStore<NotebookState> = create((set, get) => ({
   },
   initializeNotebooksTree: async (notebookManager: NotebookManager): Promise<void> => {
     const myNotebooksContentRoot = {
-      name: "My Notebooks",
+      name: get().NotebookFolderName,
       path: get().notebookBasePath,
       type: NotebookContentItemType.Directory,
     };
@@ -178,13 +183,11 @@ export const useNotebook: UseStore<NotebookState> = create((set, get) => ({
       path: "Gallery",
       type: NotebookContentItemType.File,
     };
-    const gitHubNotebooksContentRoot = notebookManager?.gitHubOAuthService?.isLoggedIn()
-      ? {
-          name: "GitHub repos",
-          path: "PsuedoDir",
-          type: NotebookContentItemType.Directory,
-        }
-      : undefined;
+    const gitHubNotebooksContentRoot = {
+      name: "GitHub repos",
+      path: "PsuedoDir",
+      type: NotebookContentItemType.Directory,
+    };
     set({
       myNotebooksContentRoot,
       galleryContentRoot,
@@ -246,4 +249,5 @@ export const useNotebook: UseStore<NotebookState> = create((set, get) => ({
       set({ gitHubNotebooksContentRoot });
     }
   },
+  setConnectionInfo: (connectionInfo: DataModels.ContainerConnectionInfo) => set({ connectionInfo }),
 }));
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPane.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPane.tsx
index 3c63c00ae..d55a1feaa 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPane.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPane.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { getErrorMessage, handleError } from "../../../Common/ErrorHandlingUtils
 import { GitHubOAuthService } from "../../../GitHub/GitHubOAuthService";
 import { useSidePanel } from "../../../hooks/useSidePanel";
 import { IPinnedRepo, JunoClient } from "../../../Juno/JunoClient";
+import { userContext } from "../../../UserContext";
 import * as GitHubUtils from "../../../Utils/GitHubUtils";
 import * as NotificationConsoleUtils from "../../../Utils/NotificationConsoleUtils";
 import Explorer from "../../Explorer";
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ export const CopyNotebookPane: FunctionComponent<CopyNotebookPanelProps> = ({
           selectedLocation.owner,
           selectedLocation.repo
         )} - ${selectedLocation.branch}`;
+      } else if (selectedLocation.type === "MyNotebooks" && userContext.features.phoenix) {
+        destination = "My Notebooks Scratch";
       }
 
       clearMessage = NotificationConsoleUtils.logConsoleProgress(`Copying ${name} to ${destination}`);
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPaneComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPaneComponent.tsx
index 47bac0e2e..66ef0d584 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPaneComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/CopyNotebookPane/CopyNotebookPaneComponent.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 import React, { FormEvent, FunctionComponent } from "react";
 import { IPinnedRepo } from "../../../Juno/JunoClient";
 import * as GitHubUtils from "../../../Utils/GitHubUtils";
+import { useNotebook } from "../../Notebook/useNotebook";
 import { ResourceTreeAdapter } from "../../Tree/ResourceTreeAdapter";
 
 interface Location {
@@ -46,11 +47,10 @@ export const CopyNotebookPaneComponent: FunctionComponent<CopyNotebookPaneProps>
 
   const getDropDownOptions = (): IDropdownOption[] => {
     const options: IDropdownOption[] = [];
-
     options.push({
       key: "MyNotebooks-Item",
-      text: ResourceTreeAdapter.MyNotebooksTitle,
-      title: ResourceTreeAdapter.MyNotebooksTitle,
+      text: useNotebook.getState().NotebookFolderName,
+      title: useNotebook.getState().NotebookFolderName,
       data: {
         type: "MyNotebooks",
       } as Location,
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
index 7406a14ee..e7ed75e05 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ exports[`GitHub Repos Panel should render Default properly 1`] = `
             "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
             "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
             "onRefreshResourcesClick": [Function],
+            "phoenixClient": PhoenixClient {},
             "provideFeedbackEmail": [Function],
             "queriesClient": QueriesClient {
               "container": [Circular],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
index 80bb050de..0c1815afe 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ exports[`StringInput Pane should render Create new directory properly 1`] = `
       "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
       "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
       "onRefreshResourcesClick": [Function],
+      "phoenixClient": PhoenixClient {},
       "provideFeedbackEmail": [Function],
       "queriesClient": QueriesClient {
         "container": [Circular],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx
index 172c9caf9..9f5396ed2 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTree.tsx
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ export const ResourceTree: React.FC<ResourceTreeProps> = ({ container }: Resourc
       if (myNotebooksContentRoot) {
         notebooksTree.children.push(buildMyNotebooksTree());
       }
-
       if (container.notebookManager?.gitHubOAuthService.isLoggedIn()) {
         // collapse all other notebook nodes
         notebooksTree.children.forEach((node) => (node.isExpanded = false));
-        notebooksTree.children.push(buildGitHubNotebooksTree());
+        notebooksTree.children.push(buildGitHubNotebooksTree(true));
+      } else if (container.notebookManager && !container.notebookManager.gitHubOAuthService.isLoggedIn()) {
+        notebooksTree.children.push(buildGitHubNotebooksTree(false));
       }
     }
-
     return notebooksTree;
   };
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export const ResourceTree: React.FC<ResourceTreeProps> = ({ container }: Resourc
     return myNotebooksTree;
   };
 
-  const buildGitHubNotebooksTree = (): TreeNode => {
+  const buildGitHubNotebooksTree = (isConnected: boolean): TreeNode => {
     const gitHubNotebooksTree: TreeNode = buildNotebookDirectoryNode(
       gitHubNotebooksContentRoot,
       (item: NotebookContentItem) => {
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ export const ResourceTree: React.FC<ResourceTreeProps> = ({ container }: Resourc
       },
       true
     );
-
-    gitHubNotebooksTree.contextMenu = [
+    const manageGitContextMenu: TreeNodeMenuItem[] = [
       {
         label: "Manage GitHub settings",
         onClick: () =>
@@ -216,7 +215,23 @@ export const ResourceTree: React.FC<ResourceTreeProps> = ({ container }: Resourc
         },
       },
     ];
-
+    const connectGitContextMenu: TreeNodeMenuItem[] = [
+      {
+        label: "Connect to GitHub",
+        onClick: () =>
+          useSidePanel
+            .getState()
+            .openSidePanel(
+              "Connect to GitHub",
+              <GitHubReposPanel
+                explorer={container}
+                gitHubClientProp={container.notebookManager.gitHubClient}
+                junoClientProp={container.notebookManager.junoClient}
+              />
+            ),
+      },
+    ];
+    gitHubNotebooksTree.contextMenu = isConnected ? manageGitContextMenu : connectGitContextMenu;
     gitHubNotebooksTree.isExpanded = true;
     gitHubNotebooksTree.isAlphaSorted = true;
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTreeAdapter.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTreeAdapter.tsx
index 6a9352db2..7941446d3 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTreeAdapter.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tree/ResourceTreeAdapter.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import UserDefinedFunction from "./UserDefinedFunction";
 
 export class ResourceTreeAdapter implements ReactAdapter {
   public static readonly MyNotebooksTitle = "My Notebooks";
+  public static readonly MyNotebooksScratchTitle = "My Notebooks Scratch";
   public static readonly GitHubReposTitle = "GitHub repos";
 
   private static readonly DataTitle = "DATA";
@@ -130,9 +131,8 @@ export class ResourceTreeAdapter implements ReactAdapter {
       path: "Gallery",
       type: NotebookContentItemType.File,
     };
-
     this.myNotebooksContentRoot = {
-      name: ResourceTreeAdapter.MyNotebooksTitle,
+      name: useNotebook.getState().NotebookFolderName,
       path: useNotebook.getState().notebookBasePath,
       type: NotebookContentItemType.Directory,
     };
@@ -146,16 +146,11 @@ export class ResourceTreeAdapter implements ReactAdapter {
         })
       );
     }
-
-    if (this.container.notebookManager?.gitHubOAuthService.isLoggedIn()) {
-      this.gitHubNotebooksContentRoot = {
-        name: ResourceTreeAdapter.GitHubReposTitle,
-        path: ResourceTreeAdapter.PseudoDirPath,
-        type: NotebookContentItemType.Directory,
-      };
-    } else {
-      this.gitHubNotebooksContentRoot = undefined;
-    }
+    this.gitHubNotebooksContentRoot = {
+      name: ResourceTreeAdapter.GitHubReposTitle,
+      path: ResourceTreeAdapter.PseudoDirPath,
+      type: NotebookContentItemType.Directory,
+    };
 
     return Promise.all(refreshTasks);
   }
diff --git a/src/Main.tsx b/src/Main.tsx
index 80d008b17..c38012b64 100644
--- a/src/Main.tsx
+++ b/src/Main.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import "./Explorer/Controls/TreeComponent/treeComponent.less";
 import "./Explorer/Graph/GraphExplorerComponent/graphExplorer.less";
 import "./Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponent.less";
 import { CommandBar } from "./Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter";
+import "./Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/ConnectionStatusComponent.less";
 import "./Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/MemoryTrackerComponent.less";
 import "./Explorer/Menus/NotificationConsole/NotificationConsole.less";
 import { NotificationConsole } from "./Explorer/Menus/NotificationConsole/NotificationConsoleComponent";
diff --git a/src/Phoenix/PhoenixClient.ts b/src/Phoenix/PhoenixClient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..155672cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Phoenix/PhoenixClient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { ConnectionStatusType, HttpHeaders, HttpStatusCodes } from "../Common/Constants";
+import { configContext } from "../ConfigContext";
+import * as DataModels from "../Contracts/DataModels";
+import { useNotebook } from "../Explorer/Notebook/useNotebook";
+import { userContext } from "../UserContext";
+import { getAuthorizationHeader } from "../Utils/AuthorizationUtils";
+
+export interface IPhoenixResponse<T> {
+  status: number;
+  data: T;
+}
+export interface IPhoenixConnectionInfoResult {
+  readonly notebookAuthToken?: string;
+  readonly notebookServerUrl?: string;
+}
+export interface IProvosionData {
+  cosmosEndpoint: string;
+  resourceId: string;
+  dbAccountName: string;
+  aadToken: string;
+  resourceGroup: string;
+  subscriptionId: string;
+}
+export class PhoenixClient {
+  public async containerConnectionInfo(
+    provisionData: IProvosionData
+  ): Promise<IPhoenixResponse<IPhoenixConnectionInfoResult>> {
+    const response = await window.fetch(`${this.getPhoenixContainerPoolingEndPoint()}/provision`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: PhoenixClient.getHeaders(),
+      body: JSON.stringify(provisionData),
+    });
+    let data: IPhoenixConnectionInfoResult;
+    if (response.status === HttpStatusCodes.OK) {
+      data = await response.json();
+    } else {
+      const connectionStatus: DataModels.ContainerConnectionInfo = {
+        status: ConnectionStatusType.Failed,
+      };
+      useNotebook.getState().setConnectionInfo(connectionStatus);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      status: response.status,
+      data,
+    };
+  }
+
+  public static getPhoenixEndpoint(): string {
+    const phoenixEndpoint = userContext.features.junoEndpoint ?? configContext.JUNO_ENDPOINT;
+    if (configContext.allowedJunoOrigins.indexOf(new URL(phoenixEndpoint).origin) === -1) {
+      const error = `${phoenixEndpoint} not allowed as juno endpoint`;
+      console.error(error);
+      throw new Error(error);
+    }
+
+    return phoenixEndpoint;
+  }
+
+  public getPhoenixContainerPoolingEndPoint(): string {
+    return `${PhoenixClient.getPhoenixEndpoint()}/api/containerpooling`;
+  }
+  private static getHeaders(): HeadersInit {
+    const authorizationHeader = getAuthorizationHeader();
+    return {
+      [authorizationHeader.header]: authorizationHeader.token,
+      [HttpHeaders.contentType]: "application/json",
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts b/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
index 6e4992fc6..29c106a6e 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
+++ b/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export type Features = {
   autoscaleDefault: boolean;
   partitionKeyDefault: boolean;
   partitionKeyDefault2: boolean;
+  phoenix: boolean;
   readonly enableSDKoperations: boolean;
   readonly enableSpark: boolean;
   readonly enableTtl: boolean;
@@ -76,5 +77,6 @@ export function extractFeatures(given = new URLSearchParams(window.location.sear
     partitionKeyDefault: "true" === get("partitionkeytest"),
     partitionKeyDefault2: "true" === get("pkpartitionkeytest"),
     notebooksTemporarilyDown: "true" === get("notebookstemporarilydown", "true"),
+    phoenix: "true" === get("phoenix"),
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts b/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts
index d39a74a04..db3f081de 100644
--- a/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/GalleryUtils.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   SortBy,
 } from "../Explorer/Controls/NotebookGallery/GalleryViewerComponent";
 import Explorer from "../Explorer/Explorer";
+import { useNotebook } from "../Explorer/Notebook/useNotebook";
 import { IGalleryItem, JunoClient } from "../Juno/JunoClient";
 import { Action, ActionModifiers } from "../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryConstants";
 import { trace, traceFailure, traceStart, traceSuccess } from "../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryProcessor";
@@ -223,11 +224,13 @@ export function downloadItem(
 
   const name = data.name;
   useDialog.getState().showOkCancelModalDialog(
-    "Download to My Notebooks",
+    `Download to ${useNotebook.getState().NotebookFolderName}`,
     `Download ${name} from gallery as a copy to your notebooks to run and/or edit the notebook.`,
     "Download",
     async () => {
-      const clearInProgressMessage = logConsoleProgress(`Downloading ${name} to My Notebooks`);
+      const clearInProgressMessage = logConsoleProgress(
+        `Downloading ${name} to ${useNotebook.getState().NotebookFolderName}`
+      );
       const startKey = traceStart(Action.NotebooksGalleryDownload, {
         notebookId: data.id,
         downloadCount: data.downloads,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
index 24c100eb8..6e45e26d8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ function updateContextsFromPortalMessage(inputs: DataExplorerInputsFrame) {
     if (inputs.flights.indexOf(Flights.PKPartitionKeyTest) !== -1) {
       userContext.features.partitionKeyDefault2 = true;
     }
+    if (inputs.flights.indexOf(Flights.Phoenix) !== -1) {
+      userContext.features.phoenix = true;
+    }
   }
 }