diff --git a/.ado/stages.yml b/.ado/stages.yml
index 91520faffdd..5a04f46b0d2 100644
--- a/.ado/stages.yml
+++ b/.ado/stages.yml
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ stages:
           buildEnvironment: ${{ parameters.buildEnvironment }}
           AgentPool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool }}
 
-      # - template: jobs/node-tests.yml
-      #   parameters:
-      #     buildEnvironment: ${{ parameters.buildEnvironment }}
-      #     AgentPool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool }}
+      - template: jobs/node-tests.yml
+        parameters:
+          buildEnvironment: ${{ parameters.buildEnvironment }}
+          AgentPool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool }}
 
       - template: jobs/macos-tests.yml
 
diff --git a/change/@react-native-windows-cli-274e77bd-2b03-4168-953e-6ad619e120e3.json b/change/@react-native-windows-cli-274e77bd-2b03-4168-953e-6ad619e120e3.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11dfc0a341a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@react-native-windows-cli-274e77bd-2b03-4168-953e-6ad619e120e3.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Fix broken CLI tests",
+  "packageName": "@react-native-windows/cli",
+  "email": "jthysell@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/config/configUtils.ts b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/config/configUtils.ts
index 6634635a4bd..cee84408dcb 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/config/configUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/config/configUtils.ts
@@ -533,7 +533,10 @@ export function getRnwConfig(
   root: string,
   projectFile: string,
 ): Record<string, any> | undefined {
-  const pkgJson = require(path.join(root, 'package.json'));
+  const pkgPath = path.join(root, 'package.json');
+  const pkgJson = fs.existsSync(pkgPath)
+    ? require(path.join(root, 'package.json'))
+    : {};
 
   const config: Record<string, any> = pkgJson['react-native-windows'] ?? {};
 
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/dependencyConfig.test.ts.snap b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/dependencyConfig.test.ts.snap
index 47a99578256..2c9383c581e 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/dependencyConfig.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/dependencyConfig.test.ts.snap
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ exports[`dependencyConfig - SimpleCSharpLib (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`]
       "projectName": "SimpleCSharpLib",
     },
   ],
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cs-lib",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCSharpLib.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -107,6 +112,11 @@ exports[`dependencyConfig - SimpleCSharpLib (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
       "projectName": "SimpleCSharpLib",
     },
   ],
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cs-lib",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCSharpLib.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -165,6 +175,11 @@ exports[`dependencyConfig - SimpleCppLib (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
       "projectName": "SimpleCppLib",
     },
   ],
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-lib",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCppLib.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -195,6 +210,11 @@ exports[`dependencyConfig - SimpleCppLib (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
       "projectName": "SimpleCppLib",
     },
   ],
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-lib",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCppLib.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/projectConfig.test.ts.snap b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/projectConfig.test.ts.snap
index ca21961c233..b130ebf649b 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/projectConfig.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/__snapshots__/projectConfig.test.ts.snap
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ exports[`projectConfig - MissingProjectFilesApp (Ignore react-native.config.js)
   "project": {
     "projectFile": "Error: No app project file found, please specify in react-native.config.",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {},
+  },
   "solutionFile": "Error: No app solution file found, please specify in react-native.config.",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -21,6 +24,9 @@ exports[`projectConfig - MissingProjectFilesApp (Use react-native.config.js) 1`]
   "project": {
     "projectFile": "Error: Project is required but not specified in react-native.config.",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {},
+  },
   "solutionFile": "Error: Solution file is required but not specified in react-native.config.",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -32,7 +38,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCSharpApp (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "SimpleCSharpApp",
   "project": {
@@ -41,6 +46,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCSharpApp (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cs",
     "projectName": "SimpleCSharpApp",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cs-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCSharpApp.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -52,7 +62,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCSharpApp (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "SimpleCSharpApp",
   "project": {
@@ -61,6 +70,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCSharpApp (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cs",
     "projectName": "SimpleCSharpApp",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cs-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCSharpApp.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -72,7 +86,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCppApp (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "SimpleCppApp",
   "project": {
@@ -81,6 +94,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCppApp (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "SimpleCppApp",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCppApp.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -92,7 +110,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCppApp (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "SimpleCppApp",
   "project": {
@@ -101,6 +118,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - SimpleCppApp (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "SimpleCppApp",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "SimpleCppApp.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -112,7 +134,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithExperimentalNuget (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "true",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "WithExperimentalNuget",
   "project": {
@@ -121,6 +142,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithExperimentalNuget (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "WithExperimentalNuGet",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithExperimentalNuGet.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -132,7 +158,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithExperimentalNuget (Use react-native.config.js) 1`]
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "true",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "WithExperimentalNuget",
   "project": {
@@ -141,6 +166,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithExperimentalNuget (Use react-native.config.js) 1`]
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "WithExperimentalNuGet",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithExperimentalNuGet.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -152,7 +182,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithHermes (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "true",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "WithHermes",
   "project": {
@@ -161,6 +190,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithHermes (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "WithHermes",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithHermes.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -172,7 +206,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithHermes (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "true",
-    "UseWinUI3": "false",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "WithHermes",
   "project": {
@@ -181,6 +214,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithHermes (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "WithHermes",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithHermes.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -197,6 +235,9 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithIndirectDependency (Ignore react-native.config.js)
   "project": {
     "projectFile": "Error: Too many app project files found, please specify in react-native.config.",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {},
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithIndirectDependency.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -216,6 +257,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithIndirectDependency (Use react-native.config.js) 1`]
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "WithIndirectDependency",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithIndirectDependency.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
   "useWinUI3": false,
@@ -228,7 +274,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithWinUI3 (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "true",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "WithWinUI3",
   "project": {
@@ -237,6 +282,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithWinUI3 (Ignore react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "WithWinUI3",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithWinUI3.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -248,7 +298,6 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithWinUI3 (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "ReactExperimentalFeaturesSet": "true",
     "UseExperimentalNuget": "false",
     "UseHermes": "false",
-    "UseWinUI3": "true",
   },
   "folder": StringContaining "WithWinUI3",
   "project": {
@@ -257,6 +306,11 @@ exports[`projectConfig - WithWinUI3 (Use react-native.config.js) 1`] = `
     "projectLang": "cpp",
     "projectName": "WithWinUI3",
   },
+  "rnwConfig": {
+    "init-windows": {
+      "template": "old/uwp-cpp-app",
+    },
+  },
   "solutionFile": "WithWinUI3.sln",
   "sourceDir": "windows",
 }
@@ -281,14 +335,6 @@ exports[`useWinUI3=true in react-native.config.js, UseWinUI3=false in Experiment
     -->
     <UseHermes>false</UseHermes>
 
-    <!--
-      Changes compilation to assume use of WinUI 3 instead of System XAML.
-      Requires creation of new project.
-
-      See https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/docs/winui3
-    -->
-    <UseWinUI3>false</UseWinUI3>
-
     <!--
       Changes compilation to assume use of Microsoft.ReactNative NuGet packages
       instead of building the framework from source.
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/projectConfig.test.ts b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/projectConfig.test.ts
index fc4475859be..c04bdd4ee66 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/projectConfig.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/e2etest/projectConfig.test.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ test.each(projects)(
   },
 );
 
-test('useWinUI3=true in react-native.config.js, UseWinUI3=false in ExperimentalFeatures.props', async () => {
+// Skipping this test as the feature is broken and needs to be removed, see https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows/issues/14601
+test.skip('useWinUI3=true in react-native.config.js, UseWinUI3=false in ExperimentalFeatures.props', async () => {
   const folder = path.resolve('src/e2etest/projects/WithWinUI3');
 
   // Create project with UseWinUI3 == false in ExperimentalFeatures.props