diff --git a/extensions/arc/src/models/controllerModel.ts b/extensions/arc/src/models/controllerModel.ts
index c96b536f1d..cfd3a970c1 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/src/models/controllerModel.ts
+++ b/extensions/arc/src/models/controllerModel.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import { ControllerInfo, ResourceType } from 'arc';
 import * as azExt from 'az-ext';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
-import { ConnectionMode } from '../constants';
 import * as loc from '../localizedConstants';
 import { AzureArcTreeDataProvider } from '../ui/tree/azureArcTreeDataProvider';
 
@@ -69,15 +68,6 @@ export class ControllerModel {
 	}
 
 	public async refresh(showErrors: boolean = true, namespace: string): Promise<void> {
-		await this.refreshController(showErrors, namespace);
-		if (this._controllerConfig?.spec.settings.azure.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct) {
-			await this.refreshDirectMode(this._controllerConfig?.spec.settings.azure.resourceGroup, namespace);
-		} else {
-			await this.refreshIndirectMode(namespace);
-		}
-	}
-
-	public async refreshController(showErrors: boolean = true, namespace: string): Promise<void> {
 		await Promise.all([
 			this._azApi.az.arcdata.dc.config.show(namespace, this.azAdditionalEnvVars).then(result => {
 				this._controllerConfig = result.stdout;
@@ -108,38 +98,6 @@ export class ControllerModel {
 				throw err;
 			})
 		]);
-	}
-
-	public async refreshDirectMode(resourceGroup: string, namespace: string): Promise<void> {
-		const newRegistrations: Registration[] = [];
-		await Promise.all([
-			this._azApi.az.postgres.arcserver.list(namespace, this.azAdditionalEnvVars).then(result => {
-				newRegistrations.push(...result.stdout.map(r => {
-					return {
-						instanceName: r.name,
-						state: r.state,
-						instanceType: ResourceType.postgresInstances
-					};
-				}));
-			}),
-			this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.list({ resourceGroup: resourceGroup, namespace: undefined }, this.azAdditionalEnvVars).then(result => {
-				newRegistrations.push(...result.stdout.map(r => {
-					return {
-						instanceName: r.name,
-						state: r.state,
-						instanceType: ResourceType.sqlManagedInstances
-					};
-				}));
-
-			})
-		]).then(() => {
-			this._registrations = newRegistrations;
-			this.registrationsLastUpdated = new Date();
-			this._onRegistrationsUpdated.fire(this._registrations);
-		});
-	}
-
-	public async refreshIndirectMode(namespace: string): Promise<void> {
 		const newRegistrations: Registration[] = [];
 		await Promise.all([
 			this._azApi.az.postgres.arcserver.list(namespace, this.azAdditionalEnvVars).then(result => {
diff --git a/extensions/arc/src/models/miaaModel.ts b/extensions/arc/src/models/miaaModel.ts
index f466c8f7f2..4f388857d9 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/src/models/miaaModel.ts
+++ b/extensions/arc/src/models/miaaModel.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { ConnectToMiaaSqlDialog } from '../ui/dialogs/connectMiaaDialog';
 import { AzureArcTreeDataProvider } from '../ui/tree/azureArcTreeDataProvider';
 import { ControllerModel, Registration } from './controllerModel';
 import { ResourceModel } from './resourceModel';
-import { ConnectionMode } from '../constants';
 
 export type DatabaseModel = { name: string, status: string, earliestBackup: string, lastBackup: string };
 export type RPModel = { recoveryPointObjective: string, retentionDays: string };
@@ -100,25 +99,14 @@ export class MiaaModel extends ResourceModel {
 		try {
 			try {
 				let result;
-				if (this.controllerModel.info.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct) {
-					result = await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.show(
-						this.info.name,
-						{
-							resourceGroup: this.controllerModel.info.resourceGroup,
-							namespace: undefined
-						},
-						this.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
-					);
-				} else {
-					result = await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.show(
-						this.info.name,
-						{
-							resourceGroup: undefined,
-							namespace: this.controllerModel.info.namespace
-						},
-						this.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
-					);
-				}
+				result = await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.show(
+					this.info.name,
+					{
+						resourceGroup: undefined,
+						namespace: this.controllerModel.info.namespace
+					},
+					this.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
+				);
 				this._config = result.stdout;
 				this.configLastUpdated = new Date();
 				this.rpSettings.retentionDays = this._config?.spec?.backup?.retentionPeriodInDays?.toString() ?? '';
diff --git a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaBackupsPage.ts b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaBackupsPage.ts
index f1d5c4dc64..0ceab88902 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaBackupsPage.ts
+++ b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaBackupsPage.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as azdata from 'azdata';
 import * as azExt from 'az-ext';
 import * as loc from '../../../localizedConstants';
-import { IconPathHelper, cssStyles, ConnectionMode } from '../../../constants';
+import { IconPathHelper, cssStyles } from '../../../constants';
 import { DashboardPage } from '../../components/dashboardPage';
 import { MiaaModel, RPModel, DatabaseModel, systemDbs } from '../../../models/miaaModel';
 import { ControllerModel } from '../../../models/controllerModel';
@@ -220,23 +220,13 @@ export class MiaaBackupsPage extends DashboardPage {
 								cancellable: false
 							},
 							async (_progress, _token): Promise<void> => {
-								if (this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct) {
-									await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.update(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										this._saveArgs,
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.resourceGroup,
-										undefined, // Indirect mode argument - namespace
-										undefined, // Indirect mode argument - usek8s
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars);
-								} else {
-									await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.update(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										this._saveArgs,
-										undefined, // Direct mode argument - resourceGroup
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.namespace,
-										true,
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars);
-								}
+								await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.update(
+									this._miaaModel.info.name,
+									this._saveArgs,
+									undefined, // Direct mode argument - resourceGroup
+									this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.namespace,
+									true,
+									this._miaaModel.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars);
 								try {
 									await this._miaaModel.refresh();
 								} catch (error) {
diff --git a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaComputeAndStoragePage.ts b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaComputeAndStoragePage.ts
index d86dd2accf..a91efef695 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaComputeAndStoragePage.ts
+++ b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaComputeAndStoragePage.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as azdata from 'azdata';
 import * as azExt from 'az-ext';
 import * as loc from '../../../localizedConstants';
-import { IconPathHelper, cssStyles, ConnectionMode } from '../../../constants';
+import { IconPathHelper, cssStyles } from '../../../constants';
 import { DashboardPage } from '../../components/dashboardPage';
 import { convertToGibibyteString } from '../../../common/utils';
 import { MiaaModel } from '../../../models/miaaModel';
@@ -132,23 +132,13 @@ export class MiaaComputeAndStoragePage extends DashboardPage {
 						},
 						async (_progress, _token): Promise<void> => {
 							try {
-								if (this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct) {
-									await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.update(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										this.saveArgs,
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.resourceGroup,
-										undefined, // Indirect mode argument - namespace
-										undefined, // Indirect mode argument - usek8s
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars);
-								} else {
-									await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.update(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										this.saveArgs,
-										undefined, // Direct mode argument - resourceGroup
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.namespace,
-										true,
-										this._miaaModel.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars);
-								}
+								await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.update(
+									this._miaaModel.info.name,
+									this.saveArgs,
+									undefined, // Direct mode argument - resourceGroup
+									this._miaaModel.controllerModel.info.namespace,
+									true,
+									this._miaaModel.controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars);
 							} catch (err) {
 								this.saveButton!.enabled = true;
 								throw err;
diff --git a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaDashboardOverviewPage.ts b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaDashboardOverviewPage.ts
index 1de266deb2..1ccbe70a5f 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaDashboardOverviewPage.ts
+++ b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaDashboardOverviewPage.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as azExt from 'az-ext';
 import * as azurecore from 'azurecore';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { getDatabaseStateDisplayText, promptForInstanceDeletion } from '../../../common/utils';
-import { ConnectionMode, cssStyles, IconPathHelper, miaaTroubleshootDocsUrl } from '../../../constants';
+import { cssStyles, IconPathHelper, miaaTroubleshootDocsUrl } from '../../../constants';
 import * as loc from '../../../localizedConstants';
 import { ControllerModel } from '../../../models/controllerModel';
 import { MiaaModel } from '../../../models/miaaModel';
@@ -243,25 +243,14 @@ export class MiaaDashboardOverviewPage extends DashboardPage {
 								cancellable: false
 							},
 							async (_progress, _token) => {
-								if (this._controllerModel.info.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct) {
-									return await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.delete(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										{
-											resourceGroup: this._controllerModel.info.resourceGroup,
-											namespace: undefined,
-										},
-										this._controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
-									);
-								} else {
-									return await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.delete(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										{
-											resourceGroup: undefined,
-											namespace: this._controllerModel.info.namespace,
-										},
-										this._controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
-									);
-								}
+								return await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.delete(
+									this._miaaModel.info.name,
+									{
+										resourceGroup: undefined,
+										namespace: this._controllerModel.info.namespace,
+									},
+									this._controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
+								);
 							}
 						);
 						await this._controllerModel.refreshTreeNode();
diff --git a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaUpgradeManagementPage.ts b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaUpgradeManagementPage.ts
index 9ff763c008..d54f9d2228 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaUpgradeManagementPage.ts
+++ b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dashboards/miaa/miaaUpgradeManagementPage.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as azdata from 'azdata';
 import * as azExt from 'az-ext';
 import * as loc from '../../../localizedConstants';
-import { IconPathHelper, cssStyles, ConnectionMode } from '../../../constants';
+import { IconPathHelper, cssStyles } from '../../../constants';
 import { DashboardPage } from '../../components/dashboardPage';
 import { ControllerModel } from '../../../models/controllerModel';
 import { UpgradeSqlMiaa } from '../../dialogs/upgradeSqlMiaa';
@@ -160,25 +160,14 @@ export class MiaaUpgradeManagementPage extends DashboardPage {
 	private async getMiaaVersion(): Promise<string | undefined> {
 		try {
 			let miaaShowResult;
-			if (this._controllerModel.info.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct || this._controllerModel.controllerConfig?.spec.settings.azure.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct) {
-				miaaShowResult = await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.show(
-					this._miaaModel.info.name,
-					{
-						resourceGroup: this._controllerModel.info.resourceGroup,
-						namespace: undefined
-					},
-					this._controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
-				);
-			} else {
-				miaaShowResult = await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.show(
-					this._miaaModel.info.name,
-					{
-						resourceGroup: undefined,
-						namespace: this._controllerModel.info.namespace
-					},
-					this._controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
-				);
-			}
+			miaaShowResult = await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.show(
+				this._miaaModel.info.name,
+				{
+					resourceGroup: undefined,
+					namespace: this._controllerModel.info.namespace
+				},
+				this._controllerModel.azAdditionalEnvVars
+			);
 			return miaaShowResult.stdout.status.runningVersion;
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.error(loc.showMiaaError, e);
@@ -263,51 +252,27 @@ export class MiaaUpgradeManagementPage extends DashboardPage {
 					try {
 						upgradeButton.enabled = false;
 						vscode.window.showInformationMessage(loc.upgradingMiaa('kubectl get sqlmi -A\' should not be localized.'));
-						if (this._controllerModel.info.connectionMode.toLowerCase() === ConnectionMode.direct) {
-							await vscode.window.withProgress(
-								{
-									location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
-									title: loc.upgradingDirectMiaa(this._miaaModel.info.name, this._controllerModel.info.resourceGroup),
-									cancellable: true
-								},
-								async (_progress, _token): Promise<void> => {
-									await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.upgrade(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										{
-											resourceGroup: this._controllerModel.info.resourceGroup,
-											namespace: undefined
-										}
-									);
-									try {
-										await this._controllerModel.refresh(false, this._controllerModel.info.namespace);
-									} catch (error) {
-										vscode.window.showErrorMessage(loc.refreshFailed(error));
+						await vscode.window.withProgress(
+							{
+								location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
+								title: loc.upgradingIndirectMiaa(this._miaaModel.info.name, this._controllerModel.info.namespace),
+								cancellable: true
+							},
+							async (_progress, _token): Promise<void> => {
+								await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.upgrade(
+									this._miaaModel.info.name,
+									{
+										resourceGroup: undefined,
+										namespace: this._controllerModel.info.namespace,
 									}
+								);
+								try {
+									await this._controllerModel.refresh(false, this._controllerModel.info.namespace);
+								} catch (error) {
+									vscode.window.showErrorMessage(loc.refreshFailed(error));
 								}
-							);
-						} else {
-							await vscode.window.withProgress(
-								{
-									location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
-									title: loc.upgradingIndirectMiaa(this._miaaModel.info.name, this._controllerModel.info.namespace),
-									cancellable: true
-								},
-								async (_progress, _token): Promise<void> => {
-									await this._azApi.az.sql.miarc.upgrade(
-										this._miaaModel.info.name,
-										{
-											resourceGroup: undefined,
-											namespace: this._controllerModel.info.namespace,
-										}
-									);
-									try {
-										await this._controllerModel.refresh(false, this._controllerModel.info.namespace);
-									} catch (error) {
-										vscode.window.showErrorMessage(loc.refreshFailed(error));
-									}
-								}
-							);
-						}
+							}
+						);
 					} catch (error) {
 						console.log(error);
 					}
diff --git a/extensions/azcli/src/api.ts b/extensions/azcli/src/api.ts
index ff9fb5eedf..b4e840d1b9 100644
--- a/extensions/azcli/src/api.ts
+++ b/extensions/azcli/src/api.ts
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ export function getAzApi(localAzDiscovered: Promise<IAzTool | undefined>, azTool
 				delete: async (
 					name: string,
 					args: {
-						// Direct mode arguments
+						// ARM API arguments
 						resourceGroup?: string;
-						// Indirect mode arguments
+						// K8s API arguments
 						namespace?: string;
 					},
 					additionalEnvVars?: azExt.AdditionalEnvVars
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ export function getAzApi(localAzDiscovered: Promise<IAzTool | undefined>, azTool
 				},
 				list: async (
 					args: {
-						// Direct mode arguments
+						// ARM API arguments
 						resourceGroup?: string;
-						// Indirect mode arguments
+						// K8s API arguments
 						namespace?: string;
 					},
 					additionalEnvVars?: azExt.AdditionalEnvVars
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ export function getAzApi(localAzDiscovered: Promise<IAzTool | undefined>, azTool
 				show: async (
 					name: string,
 					args: {
-						// Direct mode arguments
+						// ARM API arguments
 						resourceGroup?: string;
-						// Indirect mode arguments
+						// K8s API arguments
 						namespace?: string;
 					},
 					// Additional arguments
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ export function getAzApi(localAzDiscovered: Promise<IAzTool | undefined>, azTool
 						noWait?: boolean;
 						syncSecondaryToCommit?: string;
 					},
-					// Direct mode arguments
+					// ARM API arguments
 					resourceGroup?: string,
-					// Indirect mode arguments
+					// K8s API arguments
 					namespace?: string,
 					usek8s?: boolean,
 					// Additional arguments
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ export function getAzApi(localAzDiscovered: Promise<IAzTool | undefined>, azTool
 				upgrade: async (
 					name: string,
 					args: {
-						// Direct mode arguments
+						// ARM API arguments
 						resourceGroup?: string;
-						// Indirect mode arguments
+						// K8s API arguments
 						namespace?: string;
 					},
 					// Additional arguments
diff --git a/extensions/azcli/src/az.ts b/extensions/azcli/src/az.ts
index 81b5f98483..2a3b35c664 100644
--- a/extensions/azcli/src/az.ts
+++ b/extensions/azcli/src/az.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class AzTool implements azExt.IAzApi {
 				const argsArray = ['arcdata', 'dc', 'upgrade', '--desired-version', desiredVersion, '--name', name];
 				// Direct mode argument
 				if (resourceGroup) { argsArray.push('--resource-group', resourceGroup); }
-				// Indirect mode arguments
+				// K8s API arguments
 				if (namespace) {
 					argsArray.push('--k8s-namespace', namespace);
 					argsArray.push('--use-k8s');
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ export class AzTool implements azExt.IAzApi {
 			delete: (
 				name: string,
 				args: {
-					// Direct mode arguments
+					// ARM API arguments
 					resourceGroup?: string,
-					// Indirect mode arguments
+					// K8s API arguments
 					namespace?: string
 					// Additional arguments
 				},
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ export class AzTool implements azExt.IAzApi {
 			},
 			list: (
 				args: {
-					// Direct mode arguments
+					// ARM API arguments
 					resourceGroup?: string,
-					// Indirect mode arguments
+					// K8s API arguments
 					namespace?: string
 					// Additional arguments
 				},
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ export class AzTool implements azExt.IAzApi {
 			show: (
 				name: string,
 				args: {
-					// Direct mode arguments
+					// ARM API arguments
 					resourceGroup?: string,
-					// Indirect mode arguments
+					// K8s API arguments
 					namespace?: string
 					// Additional arguments
 				},
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ export class AzTool implements azExt.IAzApi {
 					retentionDays?: string,
 					syncSecondaryToCommit?: string
 				},
-				// Direct mode arguments
+				// ARM API arguments
 				resourceGroup?: string,
-				// Indirect mode arguments
+				// K8s API arguments
 				namespace?: string,
 				usek8s?: boolean,
 				// Additional arguments
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ export class AzTool implements azExt.IAzApi {
 			upgrade: (
 				name: string,
 				args: {
-					// Direct mode arguments
+					// ARM API arguments
 					resourceGroup?: string,
-					// Indirect mode arguments
+					// K8s API arguments
 					namespace?: string
 					// Additional arguments
 				},
diff --git a/extensions/azcli/src/typings/az-ext.d.ts b/extensions/azcli/src/typings/az-ext.d.ts
index d2067eea6f..be5b13d54e 100644
--- a/extensions/azcli/src/typings/az-ext.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/azcli/src/typings/az-ext.d.ts
@@ -575,9 +575,9 @@ declare module 'az-ext' {
 				delete(
 					name: string,
 					args: {
-						// Direct mode arguments
+						// ARM API arguments
 						resourceGroup?: string,
-						// Indirect mode arguments
+						// K8s API arguments
 						namespace?: string
 						},
 						// Additional arguments
@@ -585,9 +585,9 @@ declare module 'az-ext' {
 				): Promise<AzOutput<void>>,
 				list(
 					args: {
-					// Direct mode arguments
+					// ARM API arguments
 					resourceGroup?: string,
-					// Indirect mode arguments
+					// K8s API arguments
 					namespace?: string
 					},
 					// Additional arguments
@@ -596,9 +596,9 @@ declare module 'az-ext' {
 				show(
 					name: string,
 					args: {
-						// Direct mode arguments
+						// ARM API arguments
 						resourceGroup?: string,
-						// Indirect mode arguments
+						// K8s API arguments
 						namespace?: string
 					},
 					// Additional arguments
@@ -615,9 +615,9 @@ declare module 'az-ext' {
 						retentionDays?: string, //5
 						syncSecondaryToCommit?: string //2
 					},
-					// Direct mode arguments
+					// ARM API arguments
 					resourceGroup?: string,
-					// Indirect mode arguments
+					// K8s API arguments
 					namespace?: string,
 					usek8s?: boolean,
 					// Additional arguments
@@ -626,9 +626,9 @@ declare module 'az-ext' {
 				upgrade(
 					name: string,
 					args: {
-						// Direct mode arguments
+						// ARM API arguments
 						resourceGroup?: string,
-						// Indirect mode arguments
+						// K8s API arguments
 						namespace?: string
 					},
 					// Additional arguments