diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx b/packages/mgt-chat/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
index 0fc57cc71a..7d4d78fef2 100644
--- a/packages/mgt-chat/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { onRenderMessage } from '../../utils/chat';
 import { renderMGTMention } from '../../utils/mentions';
 import { registerAppIcons } from '../styles/registerIcons';
 import { ChatHeader } from '../ChatHeader/ChatHeader';
+import { GraphConfig } from '../../statefulClient/GraphConfig';
 import { Error } from '../Error/Error';
 import { LoadingMessagesErrorIcon } from '../Error/LoadingMessageErrorIcon';
 import { OpenTeamsLinkError } from '../Error/OpenTeams';
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ registerAppIcons();
 
 interface IMgtChatProps {
   chatId: string;
+  usePremiumApis?: boolean;
 }
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles({
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ const messageThreadStyles: MessageThreadStyles = {
   }
 };
 
-export const Chat = ({ chatId }: IMgtChatProps) => {
+export const Chat = ({ chatId, usePremiumApis }: IMgtChatProps) => {
   const styles = useStyles();
   const chatClient: StatefulGraphChatClient = useGraphChatClient(chatId);
   const [chatState, setChatState] = useState(chatClient.getState());
@@ -116,6 +118,10 @@ export const Chat = ({ chatId }: IMgtChatProps) => {
     };
   }, [chatClient]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    GraphConfig.usePremiumApis = usePremiumApis ?? false;
+  }, [usePremiumApis]);
+
   const isLoading = ['creating server connections', 'subscribing to notifications', 'loading messages'].includes(
     chatState.status
   );
diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphConfig.ts b/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphConfig.ts
index b96dc3633e..e7ee4eca5f 100644
--- a/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphConfig.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export class GraphConfig {
   public static canarySubscriptionVersion = 'testprodv1.0e2ewebsockets';
 
   public static webSocketsPrefix = 'websockets:';
+  static usePremiumApis = false;
 
   public static get graphEndpoint(): GraphEndpoint {
     return GraphConfig.useCanary ? 'https://canary.graph.microsoft.com' : 'https://graph.microsoft.com';
diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphNotificationClient.ts b/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphNotificationClient.ts
index 953c790e66..df22e0d5be 100644
--- a/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphNotificationClient.ts
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/GraphNotificationClient.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {
 import { GraphConfig } from './GraphConfig';
 import { SubscriptionsCache } from './Caching/SubscriptionCache';
 import { Timer } from '../utils/Timer';
+import { addPremiumApiSegment } from '../utils/addPremiumApiSegment';
 import { getOrGenerateGroupId } from './getOrGenerateGroupId';
 
 export const appSettings = {
@@ -396,7 +397,9 @@ export class GraphNotificationClient {
       await this.subscriptionCache.deleteCachedSubscriptions(chatId);
     }
     const promises: Promise<unknown>[] = [];
-    promises.push(this.subscribeToResource(`/chats/${chatId}/messages`, ['created', 'updated', 'deleted']));
+    promises.push(
+      this.subscribeToResource(addPremiumApiSegment(`/chats/${chatId}/messages`), ['created', 'updated', 'deleted'])
+    );
     promises.push(this.subscribeToResource(`/chats/${chatId}/members`, ['created', 'deleted']));
     promises.push(this.subscribeToResource(`/chats/${chatId}`, ['updated', 'deleted']));
     await Promise.all(promises).catch((e: Error) => {
diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/graph.chat.ts b/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/graph.chat.ts
index 1bc71f1e4a..f9657a6ec2 100644
--- a/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/graph.chat.ts
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/statefulClient/graph.chat.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { CacheService, IGraph, prepScopes } from '@microsoft/mgt-element';
 import { ResponseType } from '@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client';
 import { AadUserConversationMember, Chat, ChatMessage } from '@microsoft/microsoft-graph-types';
 import { chatOperationScopes } from './chatOperationScopes';
+import { addPremiumApiSegment } from '../utils/addPremiumApiSegment';
 
 /**
  * Generic collection response from graph
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export const loadChatThread = async (
   messageCount: number
 ): Promise<MessageCollection> => {
   const response = (await graph
-    .api(`/chats/${chatId}/messages`)
+    .api(addPremiumApiSegment(`/chats/${chatId}/messages`))
     .orderby('createdDateTime DESC')
     .top(messageCount)
     .middlewareOptions(prepScopes(chatOperationScopes.loadChatMessages))
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export const loadChatThreadDelta = async (
   messageCount: number
 ): Promise<MessageCollection> => {
   const response = (await graph
-    .api(`/chats/${chatId}/messages`)
+    .api(addPremiumApiSegment(`/chats/${chatId}/messages`))
     .filter(`lastModifiedDateTime gt ${lastModified}`)
     .orderby('lastModifiedDateTime DESC')
     .top(messageCount)
diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/addPremiumApiSegment.tests.ts b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/addPremiumApiSegment.tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7ac92b91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/addPremiumApiSegment.tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { GraphConfig } from '../statefulClient/GraphConfig';
+import { addPremiumApiSegment } from './addPremiumApiSegment';
+import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
+
+describe('addPremiumApiSegment tests', () => {
+  it('should return the original url if premium apis are not enabled', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me';
+    const result = addPremiumApiSegment(url);
+    await expect(result).to.eql(url);
+  });
+
+  it('should add the premium api segment to the url', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me';
+    GraphConfig.usePremiumApis = true;
+    const result = addPremiumApiSegment(url);
+    await expect(result).to.eql(`${url}?model=B`);
+  });
+
+  it('should add the premium api segment to the url when it already has query params', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me?select=id';
+    GraphConfig.usePremiumApis = true;
+    const result = addPremiumApiSegment(url);
+    await expect(result).to.eql(`${url}&model=B`);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/addPremiumApiSegment.ts b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/addPremiumApiSegment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c456468c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/addPremiumApiSegment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { GraphConfig } from '../statefulClient/GraphConfig';
+
+export const addPremiumApiSegment = (url: string) => {
+  // early exit if premium apis are not enabled
+  if (!GraphConfig.usePremiumApis) {
+    return url;
+  }
+  const urlHasExistingQueryParams = url.includes('?');
+  return `${url}${urlHasExistingQueryParams ? '&' : '?'}model=B`;
+};
diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/mentions.tsx b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/mentions.tsx
index c3448d932f..f9a741428d 100644
--- a/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/mentions.tsx
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/mentions.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { MgtTemplateProps, Person } from '@microsoft/mgt-react';
 import { ChatMessageMention, User } from '@microsoft/microsoft-graph-types';
-import { GraphChatClient } from 'src/statefulClient/StatefulGraphChatClient';
+import { GraphChatClient } from '../statefulClient/StatefulGraphChatClient';
 import { Mention } from '@azure/communication-react';
 
 export const renderMGTMention = (chatState: GraphChatClient) => {
diff --git a/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/types.ts b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/types.ts
index 7852917747..bc62211de3 100644
--- a/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/types.ts
+++ b/packages/mgt-chat/src/utils/types.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ChatMessage, Message } from '@azure/communication-react';
-import { GraphChatMessage } from 'src/statefulClient/StatefulGraphChatClient';
+import type { GraphChatMessage } from '../statefulClient/StatefulGraphChatClient';
 
 /**
  * A typeguard to get the ChatMessage type
diff --git a/packages/mgt-spfx/.gitignore b/packages/mgt-spfx/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09a3b1be63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mgt-spfx/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+release
+temp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/react-chat/package.json b/samples/react-chat/package.json
index 5b84554933..f5576b04f5 100644
--- a/samples/react-chat/package.json
+++ b/samples/react-chat/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "@fluentui/react-components": "^9.19.1",
     "@microsoft/mgt-chat": "*",
     "@microsoft/mgt-msal2-provider": "*",
     "@microsoft/mgt-react": "*",
diff --git a/samples/react-chat/src/App.tsx b/samples/react-chat/src/App.tsx
index dc2111332f..650d11d021 100644
--- a/samples/react-chat/src/App.tsx
+++ b/samples/react-chat/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import React, { memo, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { ChangeEvent, memo, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import './App.css';
 import { Get, Login } from '@microsoft/mgt-react';
 import { Chat, NewChat } from '@microsoft/mgt-chat';
 import { Chat as GraphChat } from '@microsoft/microsoft-graph-types';
 import ChatListTemplate from './components/ChatListTemplate/ChatListTemplate';
+import { FluentProvider, Switch, SwitchOnChangeData, teamsLightTheme } from '@fluentui/react-components';
 
 const ChatList = memo(({ chatSelected }: { chatSelected: (e: GraphChat) => void }) => {
   return (
@@ -25,31 +26,39 @@ function App() {
     setShowNewChat(false);
   }, []);
 
+  const [usePremiumApis, setUsePremiumApis] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const onToggleChanged = useCallback((ev: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>, data: SwitchOnChangeData) => {
+    setUsePremiumApis(data.checked ?? false);
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <div className="App">
-      <header className="App-header">
-        Mgt Chat test harness
-        <br />
-        <Login />
-      </header>
-      <main className="main">
-        <div className="chat-selector">
-          <ChatList chatSelected={chatSelected} />
-          Selected chat: {chatId}
-          <br />
-          <button onClick={() => setChatId('')}>Clear selected chat</button>
+      <FluentProvider theme={teamsLightTheme}>
+        <header className="App-header">
+          Mgt Chat test harness
           <br />
-          <button onClick={() => setShowNewChat(true)}>New Chat</button>
-          {showNewChat && (
-            <div className="new-chat">
-              <NewChat onChatCreated={onChatCreated} onCancelClicked={() => setShowNewChat(false)} mode="auto" />
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </div>
+          <Login />
+        </header>
+        <main className="main">
+          <div className="chat-selector">
+            <Switch onChange={onToggleChanged} checked={usePremiumApis} label="Use premium APIs?" />
+            <ChatList chatSelected={chatSelected} />
+            Selected chat: {chatId}
+            <br />
+            <button onClick={() => setChatId('')}>Clear selected chat</button>
+            <br />
+            <button onClick={() => setShowNewChat(true)}>New Chat</button>
+            {showNewChat && (
+              <div className="new-chat">
+                <NewChat onChatCreated={onChatCreated} onCancelClicked={() => setShowNewChat(false)} mode="auto" />
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
 
-        {/* NOTE: removed the chatId guard as this case has an error state. */}
-        <div className="chat-pane">{<Chat chatId={chatId} />}</div>
-      </main>
+          {/* NOTE: removed the chatId guard as this case has an error state. */}
+          <div className="chat-pane">{<Chat chatId={chatId} usePremiumApis={usePremiumApis} />}</div>
+        </main>
+      </FluentProvider>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a39e145034..6597b5024d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -26715,6 +26715,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "react-chat@workspace:samples/react-chat"
   dependencies:
+    "@fluentui/react-components": ^9.19.1
     "@microsoft/mgt-chat": "*"
     "@microsoft/mgt-msal2-provider": "*"
     "@microsoft/mgt-react": "*"