diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx
index a6eb62b503f..b1f9bb86589 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { connect, ConnectedProps } from 'react-redux';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import { Icon, IconName, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Branding } from 'app/core/components/Branding/Branding';
 import config from 'app/core/config';
-import { KioskMode } from 'app/types';
+import { StoreState, KioskMode } from 'app/types';
 import { enrichConfigItems, getActiveItem, isMatchOrChildMatch, isSearchActive, SEARCH_ITEM_ID } from './utils';
 import { OrgSwitcher } from '../OrgSwitcher';
 import NavBarItem from './NavBarItem';
@@ -28,7 +29,17 @@ const searchItem: NavModelItem = {
   icon: 'search',
 };
 
-export const NavBar = React.memo(() => {
+const mapStateToProps = (state: StoreState) => ({
+  navBarTree: state.navBarTree,
+});
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = {};
+
+const connector = connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps);
+
+export interface Props extends ConnectedProps<typeof connector> {}
+
+export const NavBarUnconnected = React.memo(({ navBarTree }: Props) => {
   const theme = useTheme2();
   const styles = getStyles(theme);
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -38,7 +49,7 @@ export const NavBar = React.memo(() => {
   const toggleSwitcherModal = () => {
     setShowSwitcherModal(!showSwitcherModal);
   };
-  const navTree: NavModelItem[] = cloneDeep(config.bootData.navTree);
+  const navTree = cloneDeep(navBarTree);
   const topItems = navTree.filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Core);
   const bottomItems = enrichConfigItems(
     navTree.filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Config),
@@ -109,7 +120,9 @@ export const NavBar = React.memo(() => {
   );
 });
 
-NavBar.displayName = 'NavBar';
+NavBarUnconnected.displayName = 'NavBar';
+
+export const NavBar = connector(NavBarUnconnected);
 
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
   search: css`
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarNext.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarNext.tsx
index 5cfd043f6b1..b3f04cd8b86 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarNext.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarNext.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { GrafanaTheme2, NavModelItem, NavSection } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Icon, IconName, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import config from 'app/core/config';
-import { KioskMode } from 'app/types';
+import { KioskMode, StoreState } from 'app/types';
 import { enrichConfigItems, getActiveItem, isMatchOrChildMatch, isSearchActive, SEARCH_ITEM_ID } from './utils';
 import { OrgSwitcher } from '../OrgSwitcher';
 import { NavBarSection } from './NavBarSection';
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import { NavBarMenu } from './NavBarMenu';
 import NavBarItem from './NavBarItem';
 import { NavBarItemWithoutMenu } from './NavBarItemWithoutMenu';
 import { Branding } from '../Branding/Branding';
+import { connect, ConnectedProps } from 'react-redux';
 
 const onOpenSearch = () => {
   locationService.partial({ search: 'open' });
@@ -26,7 +26,17 @@ const searchItem: NavModelItem = {
   icon: 'search',
 };
 
-export const NavBarNext = React.memo(() => {
+const mapStateToProps = (state: StoreState) => ({
+  navBarTree: state.navBarTree,
+});
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = {};
+
+const connector = connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps);
+
+export interface Props extends ConnectedProps<typeof connector> {}
+
+export const NavBarNextUnconnected = React.memo(({ navBarTree }: Props) => {
   const theme = useTheme2();
   const styles = getStyles(theme);
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -36,7 +46,7 @@ export const NavBarNext = React.memo(() => {
   const toggleSwitcherModal = () => {
     setShowSwitcherModal(!showSwitcherModal);
   };
-  const navTree: NavModelItem[] = cloneDeep(config.bootData.navTree);
+  const navTree = cloneDeep(navBarTree);
   const coreItems = navTree.filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Core);
   const pluginItems = navTree.filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Plugin);
   const configItems = enrichConfigItems(
@@ -118,7 +128,9 @@ export const NavBarNext = React.memo(() => {
   );
 });
 
-NavBarNext.displayName = 'NavBar';
+NavBarNextUnconnected.displayName = 'NavBarNext';
+
+export const NavBarNext = connector(NavBarNextUnconnected);
 
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
   search: css`
diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/index.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/index.ts
index 92d9a4f55cd..8787fb2e440 100644
--- a/public/app/core/reducers/index.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { navIndexReducer as navIndex } from './navModel';
+import { navTreeReducer as navBarTree } from './navBarTree';
 import { appNotificationsReducer as appNotifications } from './appNotification';
 
 export default {
+  navBarTree,
   navIndex,
   appNotifications,
 };
diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..538e7ab0570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
+import config from 'app/core/config';
+
+export const initialState: NavModelItem[] = config.bootData.navTree;
+
+const navTreeSlice = createSlice({
+  name: 'navBarTree',
+  initialState,
+  reducers: {},
+});
+
+export const {} = navTreeSlice.actions;
+
+export const navTreeReducer = navTreeSlice.reducer;