diff --git a/config/serverless.oblt.logs_essentials.yml b/config/serverless.oblt.logs_essentials.yml
index 35abf909523b0..e9f358a34ce97 100644
--- a/config/serverless.oblt.logs_essentials.yml
+++ b/config/serverless.oblt.logs_essentials.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ xpack.apm.enabled: false
 xpack.legacy_uptime.enabled: false
 xpack.ux.enabled: false
 xpack.uptime.enabled: false
+xpack.exploratoryView.enabled: false
 
 xpack.fleet.internal.registry.excludePackages: [
   # Oblt integrations
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/kibana.jsonc
index e229b40c698c9..a90abbfe752ab 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/kibana.jsonc
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   "plugin": {
     "id": "exploratoryView",
     "browser": true,
-    "server": false,
+    "server": true,
     "configPath": [
       "xpack",
-      "exploratory_view"
+      "exploratoryView"
     ],
     "requiredPlugins": [
       "alerting",
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@
       "common"
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/server/index.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/server/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..142cef72ee8b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/server/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { type PluginConfigDescriptor, PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+
+export const plugin = async (initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) => {
+  const { Plugin } = await import('./plugin');
+  return new Plugin();
+};
+
+export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor = {
+  schema: schema.object({
+    enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+  }),
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/server/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..525136df3fbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/server/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+import { CoreStart, CoreSetup, Plugin as PluginType } from '@kbn/core/server';
+
+export class Plugin implements PluginType {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: {}) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  public start(coreStart: CoreStart, pluginsStart: {}) {}
+
+  public stop() {}
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/tsconfig.json
index cfe8deebbcc50..f0df3b1385d0c 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/exploratory_view/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "target/types"
   },
-  "include": ["common/**/*", "public/**/*", "public/**/*.json", "../../../../../typings/**/*"],
+  "include": ["common/**/*", "public/**/*", "server/**/*", "public/**/*.json", "../../../../../typings/**/*"],
   "kbn_references": [
     "@kbn/core",
     "@kbn/data-plugin",
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     "@kbn/react-kibana-mount",
     "@kbn/core-analytics-browser",
     "@kbn/expressions-plugin",
-    "@kbn/ebt-tools"
+    "@kbn/ebt-tools",
+    "@kbn/config-schema"
   ],
   "exclude": ["target/**/*"]
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/kibana.jsonc
index 494e2a77b7b65..7039ea5b3b5f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/kibana.jsonc
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
       "fieldFormats",
       "uiActions",
       "presentationUtil",
-      "exploratoryView",
       "features",
       "files",
       "inspector",
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@
     ],
     "optionalPlugins": [
       "discover",
+      "exploratoryView",
       "home",
       "usageCollection",
       "cloud",
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/ux/ux_section.tsx b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/ux/ux_section.tsx
index 56751cdcb6937..6eca5b4d17e01 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/ux/ux_section.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/ux/ux_section.tsx
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export function UXSection({ bucketSize }: Props) {
   const { forceUpdate, hasDataMap } = useHasData();
   const { services } = useKibana<ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart>();
 
-  const { ExploratoryViewEmbeddable } = services.exploratoryView;
-
   const { relativeStart, relativeEnd, absoluteStart, absoluteEnd, lastUpdated } =
     useDatePickerContext();
   const uxHasDataResponse = hasDataMap.ux;
@@ -79,9 +77,10 @@ export function UXSection({ bucketSize }: Props) {
     ]
   );
 
-  if (!uxHasDataResponse?.hasData) {
+  if (!uxHasDataResponse?.hasData || !services.exploratoryView) {
     return null;
   }
+  const ExploratoryViewEmbeddable = services.exploratoryView.ExploratoryViewEmbeddable;
 
   const isLoading = status === FETCH_STATUS.LOADING;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts
index 5ef2bc717498f..77843233799ab 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export interface ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart {
   dataViewEditor: DataViewEditorStart;
   discover: DiscoverStart;
   embeddable: EmbeddableStart;
-  exploratoryView: ExploratoryViewPublicStart;
+  exploratoryView?: ExploratoryViewPublicStart;
   fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
   guidedOnboarding?: GuidedOnboardingPluginStart;
   lens: LensPublicStart;