diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource.go
index 6bb42bf7e54..44c22852513 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource.go
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ func buildLogAnalyticsQuery(query backend.DataQuery, dsInfo types.DatasourceInfo
 	timeColumn := ""
 	azureLogAnalyticsTarget := queryJSONModel.AzureLogAnalytics
 	basicLogsQuery := false
+	basicLogsEnabled := false
 
 	resultFormat := ParseResultFormat(azureLogAnalyticsTarget.ResultFormat, dataquery.AzureQueryTypeAzureLogAnalytics)
 
@@ -180,9 +181,12 @@ func buildLogAnalyticsQuery(query backend.DataQuery, dsInfo types.DatasourceInfo
 	resources, resourceOrWorkspace := retrieveResources(azureLogAnalyticsTarget)
 	appInsightsQuery = appInsightsRegExp.Match([]byte(resourceOrWorkspace))
 
+	if value, ok := dsInfo.JSONData["basicLogsEnabled"].(bool); ok {
+		basicLogsEnabled = value
+	}
+
 	if basicLogsQueryFlag {
-		if meetsBasicLogsCriteria, meetsBasicLogsCriteriaErr := meetsBasicLogsCriteria(resources, fromAlert); meetsBasicLogsCriteriaErr != nil {
-			// This error is a downstream error
+		if meetsBasicLogsCriteria, meetsBasicLogsCriteriaErr := meetsBasicLogsCriteria(resources, fromAlert, basicLogsEnabled); meetsBasicLogsCriteriaErr != nil {
 			return nil, meetsBasicLogsCriteriaErr
 		} else {
 			basicLogsQuery = meetsBasicLogsCriteria
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource_test.go
index a667e9aed0c..8383889201b 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/azure-log-analytics-datasource_test.go
@@ -83,15 +83,6 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("failed to create fake client")
 	}
 
-	dsInfo := types.DatasourceInfo{
-		Services: map[string]types.DatasourceService{
-			"Azure Monitor": {URL: svr.URL, HTTPClient: client},
-		},
-		JSONData: map[string]any{
-			"azureLogAnalyticsSameAs": false,
-		},
-	}
-
 	appInsightsRegExp, err := regexp.Compile("(?i)providers/microsoft.insights/components")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error("failed to compile reg: %w", err)
@@ -100,6 +91,7 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                   string
 		fromAlert              bool
+		basicLogsEnabled       bool
 		queryModel             backend.DataQuery
 		azureLogAnalyticsQuery *AzureLogAnalyticsQuery
 		Err                    require.ErrorAssertionFunc
@@ -332,8 +324,9 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			Err: require.NoError,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "Basic Logs query",
-			fromAlert: false,
+			name:             "Basic Logs query",
+			fromAlert:        false,
+			basicLogsEnabled: true,
 			queryModel: backend.DataQuery{
 				JSON: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 						"queryType": "Azure Log Analytics",
@@ -377,8 +370,9 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			Err: require.NoError,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "Basic Logs query with multiple resources",
-			fromAlert: false,
+			name:             "Basic Logs query with multiple resources",
+			fromAlert:        false,
+			basicLogsEnabled: true,
 			queryModel: backend.DataQuery{
 				JSON: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 						"queryType": "Azure Log Analytics",
@@ -399,8 +393,9 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			Err:                    require.Error,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "Basic Logs query with non LA workspace resources",
-			fromAlert: false,
+			name:             "Basic Logs query with non LA workspace resources",
+			fromAlert:        false,
+			basicLogsEnabled: true,
 			queryModel: backend.DataQuery{
 				JSON: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 						"queryType": "Azure Log Analytics",
@@ -421,8 +416,9 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			Err:                    require.Error,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "Basic Logs query from alerts",
-			fromAlert: true,
+			name:             "Basic Logs query from alerts",
+			fromAlert:        true,
+			basicLogsEnabled: true,
 			queryModel: backend.DataQuery{
 				JSON: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 						"queryType": "Azure Log Analytics",
@@ -442,6 +438,30 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			azureLogAnalyticsQuery: nil,
 			Err:                    require.Error,
 		},
+		{
+			name:             "Basic Logs query fails if basicLogsEnabled is set to false",
+			fromAlert:        true,
+			basicLogsEnabled: false,
+			queryModel: backend.DataQuery{
+				JSON: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
+						"queryType": "Azure Log Analytics",
+						"azureLogAnalytics": {
+							"resources":     ["/subscriptions/test-sub/resourceGroups/test-rg/providers/Microsoft.Insights/components/r1"],
+							"query":        "Perf",
+							"resultFormat": "%s",
+							"dashboardTime": true,
+							"timeColumn":   "TimeGenerated",
+							"basicLogsQuery": true
+						}
+					}`, dataquery.ResultFormatTimeSeries)),
+				RefID:     "A",
+				TimeRange: timeRange,
+				QueryType: string(dataquery.AzureQueryTypeAzureLogAnalytics),
+			},
+			azureLogAnalyticsQuery: nil,
+			Err:                    require.Error,
+		},
+
 		{
 			name:      "Detects App Insights resource queries",
 			fromAlert: false,
@@ -524,6 +544,15 @@ func TestBuildLogAnalyticsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			dsInfo := types.DatasourceInfo{
+				Services: map[string]types.DatasourceService{
+					"Azure Monitor": {URL: svr.URL, HTTPClient: client},
+				},
+				JSONData: map[string]any{
+					"azureLogAnalyticsSameAs": false,
+					"basicLogsEnabled":        tt.basicLogsEnabled, // Use the value from the current test case
+				},
+			}
 			query, err := buildLogAnalyticsQuery(tt.queryModel, dsInfo, appInsightsRegExp, tt.fromAlert)
 			tt.Err(t, err)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.azureLogAnalyticsQuery, query); diff != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/utils.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/utils.go
index f0802a21748..ced754b888f 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/loganalytics/utils.go
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ func AddConfigLinks(frame data.Frame, dl string, title *string) data.Frame {
 }
 
 // Check whether a query should be handled as basic logs query
-// 2. resource selected is a workspace
-// 3. query is not an alerts query
-// 4. number of selected resources is exactly one
-func meetsBasicLogsCriteria(resources []string, fromAlert bool) (bool, error) {
+// 1. resource selected is a workspace
+// 2. query is not an alerts query
+// 3. number of selected resources is exactly one
+// 4. the ds toggle is set to true
+func meetsBasicLogsCriteria(resources []string, fromAlert bool, basicLogsEnabled bool) (bool, error) {
 	if fromAlert {
 		return false, errorsource.DownstreamError(fmt.Errorf("basic Logs queries cannot be used for alerts"), false)
 	}
@@ -53,7 +54,11 @@ func meetsBasicLogsCriteria(resources []string, fromAlert bool) (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	if !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(resources[0]), "microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces") {
-		return false, errorsource.DownstreamError(fmt.Errorf("basic Logs queries may only be run against Log Analytics workspaces"), false)
+		return false, errorsource.DownstreamError(fmt.Errorf("basic logs queries may only be run against Log Analytics workspaces"), false)
+	}
+
+	if !basicLogsEnabled {
+		return false, errorsource.DownstreamError(fmt.Errorf("basic Logs queries are disabled for this data source"), false)
 	}
 
 	return true, nil