diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/AzureAppConfigurationProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/AzureAppConfigurationProvider.cs
index 8ca456a1..cba9dc1b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/AzureAppConfigurationProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/AzureAppConfigurationProvider.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public AzureAppConfigurationProvider(IConfigurationClientManager configClientMan
             string requestTracingDisabled = null;
             try
             {
-                requestTracingDisabled = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(RequestTracingConstants.RequestTracingDisabledEnvironmentVariable);
+                requestTracingDisabled = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentVariables.DisableRequestTracing);
             }
             catch (SecurityException) { }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/Constants/RequestTracingConstants.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/Constants/RequestTracingConstants.cs
index 612e1bcc..979ea9ad 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/Constants/RequestTracingConstants.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/Constants/RequestTracingConstants.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration
 {
     internal class RequestTracingConstants
     {
-        public const string RequestTracingDisabledEnvironmentVariable = "AZURE_APP_CONFIGURATION_TRACING_DISABLED";
         public const string AzureFunctionEnvironmentVariable = "FUNCTIONS_EXTENSION_VERSION";
         public const string AzureWebAppEnvironmentVariable = "WEBSITE_SITE_NAME";
         public const string ContainerAppEnvironmentVariable = "CONTAINER_APP_NAME";
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/EnvironmentVariables.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/EnvironmentVariables.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a223280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/EnvironmentVariables.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+//
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Environment variables used to configure Azure App Configuration provider behavior.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class EnvironmentVariables
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Environment variable to disable Feature Management schema compatibility.
+        /// The value of this variable is a boolean string, e.g. "true" or "false".
+        /// When set to "true", schema compatibility checks for feature flags are disabled,
+        /// and all feature flags will be interpreted using the Microsoft Feature Flags schema.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const string DisableFmSchemaCompatibility = "AZURE_APP_CONFIGURATION_FM_SCHEMA_COMPATIBILITY_DISABLED";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Environment variable to disable request tracing.
+        /// The value of this variable is a boolean string, e.g. "true" or "false".
+        /// </summary>
+        public const string DisableRequestTracing = "AZURE_APP_CONFIGURATION_TRACING_DISABLED";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/FeatureManagement/FeatureManagementKeyValueAdapter.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/FeatureManagement/FeatureManagementKeyValueAdapter.cs
index 13408385..1b1adfb9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/FeatureManagement/FeatureManagementKeyValueAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/FeatureManagement/FeatureManagementKeyValueAdapter.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Mime;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Security;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -20,10 +21,21 @@ internal class FeatureManagementKeyValueAdapter : IKeyValueAdapter
     {
         private FeatureFlagTracing _featureFlagTracing;
         private int _featureFlagIndex = 0;
+        private bool _fmSchemaCompatibilityDisabled = false;
 
         public FeatureManagementKeyValueAdapter(FeatureFlagTracing featureFlagTracing)
         {
             _featureFlagTracing = featureFlagTracing ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(featureFlagTracing));
+
+            string fmSchemaCompatibilityDisabled = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                fmSchemaCompatibilityDisabled = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentVariables.DisableFmSchemaCompatibility);
+            }
+            catch (SecurityException) { }
+
+            _fmSchemaCompatibilityDisabled = bool.TryParse(fmSchemaCompatibilityDisabled, out bool disabled) ? disabled : false;
         }
 
         public Task<IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>>> ProcessKeyValue(ConfigurationSetting setting, Uri endpoint, Logger logger, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -33,7 +45,10 @@ public Task<IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>>> ProcessKeyValue(Configura
             var keyValues = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
 
             // Check if we need to process the feature flag using the microsoft schema
-            if ((featureFlag.Variants != null && featureFlag.Variants.Any()) || featureFlag.Allocation != null || featureFlag.Telemetry != null)
+            if (_fmSchemaCompatibilityDisabled ||
+                (featureFlag.Variants != null && featureFlag.Variants.Any()) ||
+                featureFlag.Allocation != null ||
+                featureFlag.Telemetry != null)
             {
                 keyValues = ProcessMicrosoftSchemaFeatureFlag(featureFlag, setting, endpoint);
             }
diff --git a/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/FeatureManagementTests.cs b/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/FeatureManagementTests.cs
index 929bcbc5..21d4e92e 100644
--- a/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/FeatureManagementTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/FeatureManagementTests.cs
@@ -2291,6 +2291,75 @@ public void ThrowsOnIncorrectJsonTypes()
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void EnvironmentVariableForcesMicrosoftSchemaForAllFlags()
+        {
+            var mixedSchemaFlags = new List<ConfigurationSetting>
+            {
+                _kv,
+                _variantFeatureFlagCollection[0]
+            };
+
+            var mockResponse = new Mock<Response>();
+            var mockClient = new Mock<ConfigurationClient>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+
+            mockClient.Setup(c => c.GetConfigurationSettingsAsync(It.IsAny<SettingSelector>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+                .Returns(new MockAsyncPageable(mixedSchemaFlags));
+
+            try
+            {
+                // Act - Set environment variable to force Microsoft schema
+                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentVariables.DisableFmSchemaCompatibility, "true");
+
+                var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .AddAzureAppConfiguration(options =>
+                    {
+                        options.ClientManager = TestHelpers.CreateMockedConfigurationClientManager(mockClient.Object);
+                        options.UseFeatureFlags();
+                    })
+                    .Build();
+
+                // Assert - Both flags should be in Microsoft schema format
+                // First flag (would be in .NET schema without environment variable) should now be in Microsoft schema
+                Assert.Equal("Beta", config["feature_management:feature_flags:0:id"]);
+                Assert.Equal("True", config["feature_management:feature_flags:0:enabled"]);
+                Assert.Equal("Browser", config["feature_management:feature_flags:0:conditions:client_filters:0:name"]);
+                Assert.Equal("Firefox", config["feature_management:feature_flags:0:conditions:client_filters:0:parameters:AllowedBrowsers:0"]);
+
+                // Second flag (always Microsoft schema) should still be in Microsoft schema
+                Assert.Equal("VariantsFeature1", config["feature_management:feature_flags:1:id"]);
+                Assert.Equal("True", config["feature_management:feature_flags:1:enabled"]);
+                Assert.Equal("Big", config["feature_management:feature_flags:1:variants:0:name"]);
+                Assert.Equal("600px", config["feature_management:feature_flags:1:variants:0:configuration_value"]);
+
+                // Verify .NET schema paths are NOT present
+                Assert.Null(config["FeatureManagement:myFeature:EnabledFor:0:Name"]);
+                Assert.Null(config["FeatureManagement:VariantsFeature1:EnabledFor:0:Name"]);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                // Cleanup - Reset environment variable
+                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_APP_CONFIGURATION_FM_SCHEMA_COMPATIBILITY_DISABLED", null);
+            }
+
+            // Act - Verify normal behavior when environment variable is not set
+            var configWithoutEnvVar = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                .AddAzureAppConfiguration(options =>
+                {
+                    options.ClientManager = TestHelpers.CreateMockedConfigurationClientManager(mockClient.Object);
+                    options.UseFeatureFlags();
+                })
+                .Build();
+
+            // First flag (no variants) should be in .NET schema
+            Assert.Equal("Browser", configWithoutEnvVar["FeatureManagement:Beta:EnabledFor:0:Name"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Firefox", configWithoutEnvVar["FeatureManagement:Beta:EnabledFor:0:Parameters:AllowedBrowsers:0"]);
+
+            // Second flag (has variants) should be in Microsoft schema
+            Assert.Equal("VariantsFeature1", configWithoutEnvVar["feature_management:feature_flags:0:id"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Big", configWithoutEnvVar["feature_management:feature_flags:0:variants:0:name"]);
+        }
+
         Response<ConfigurationSetting> GetIfChanged(ConfigurationSetting setting, bool onlyIfChanged, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             return Response.FromValue(FirstKeyValue, new MockResponse(200));
diff --git a/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/Tests.cs b/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/Tests.cs
index 1f2ab5fa..7e68f1cf 100644
--- a/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/Tests.cs
+++ b/tests/Tests.AzureAppConfiguration/Unit/Tests.cs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public void TestTurnOffRequestTracing()
             var options = new AzureAppConfigurationOptions();
             options.ClientOptions.Transport = mockTransport;
 
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(RequestTracingConstants.RequestTracingDisabledEnvironmentVariable, "True");
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentVariables.DisableRequestTracing, "True");
 
             var clientManager = TestHelpers.CreateMockedConfigurationClientManager(options);
             var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public void TestTurnOffRequestTracing()
             options.ClientOptions.Transport = mockTransport;
 
             // Delete the request tracing environment variable
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(RequestTracingConstants.RequestTracingDisabledEnvironmentVariable, null);
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentVariables.DisableRequestTracing, null);
             Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(RequestTracingConstants.AzureFunctionEnvironmentVariable, "v1.0");
 
             var clientManager1 = TestHelpers.CreateMockedConfigurationClientManager(options);