diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/HomePage.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/HomePage.tsx
index 1ad6ab656b8..465a294fa61 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/HomePage.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 
 import GettingStarted from './GettingStarted/GettingStarted';
 import GettingStartedPage from './GettingStarted/GettingStartedPage';
+import { ConnectRepositoryButton } from './Shared/ConnectRepositoryButton';
 import { RepositoryList } from './Shared/RepositoryList';
 import { InlineSecureValueWarning } from './components/InlineSecureValueWarning';
 import { useRepositoryList } from './hooks/useRepositoryList';
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ export default function HomePage() {
     <Page
       navId="provisioning"
       subTitle={t('provisioning.home-page.subtitle', 'View and manage your configured repositories')}
+      actions={activeTab === TabSelection.Repositories && <ConnectRepositoryButton items={items} />}
     >
       <Page.Contents isLoading={isLoading}>
         {settings.data?.legacyStorage && (
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/ConnectRepositoryButton.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/ConnectRepositoryButton.tsx
index 64ace020dcb..e61b9f31e21 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/ConnectRepositoryButton.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/ConnectRepositoryButton.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
 
-import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Alert, Button, Dropdown, Icon, Menu, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { t, Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Button, Dropdown, Icon, Menu, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Repository } from 'app/api/clients/provisioning/v0alpha1';
 import { useGetFrontendSettingsQuery } from 'app/api/clients/provisioning/v0alpha1/endpoints.gen';
 
@@ -18,22 +18,7 @@ export function ConnectRepositoryButton({ items }: Props) {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const { data: frontendSettings } = useGetFrontendSettingsQuery();
 
-  if (state.instanceConnected) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  if (state.maxReposReached) {
-    return (
-      <Alert title="" severity="info">
-        <Trans
-          i18nKey="provisioning.connect-repository-button.repository-limit-info-alert"
-          values={{ count: state.repoCount }}
-        >
-          Repository limit reached ({'{{count}}'})
-        </Trans>
-      </Alert>
-    );
-  }
+  const isButtonDisabled = state.instanceConnected || state.maxReposReached;
 
   const availableTypes = frontendSettings?.availableRepositoryTypes || DEFAULT_REPOSITORY_TYPES;
   const { orderedConfigs } = getOrderedRepositoryConfigs(availableTypes);
@@ -55,7 +40,15 @@ export function ConnectRepositoryButton({ items }: Props) {
         </Menu>
       }
     >
-      <Button variant="primary">
+      <Button
+        variant="primary"
+        disabled={isButtonDisabled}
+        tooltip={getConfigureRepoTooltip({
+          instanceConnected: state.instanceConnected,
+          maxReposReached: state.maxReposReached,
+          count: state.repoCount,
+        })}
+      >
         <Stack alignItems="center">
           <Trans i18nKey="provisioning.connect-repository-button.configure">Configure</Trans>
           <Icon name={'angle-down'} />
@@ -64,3 +57,32 @@ export function ConnectRepositoryButton({ items }: Props) {
     </Dropdown>
   );
 }
+
+export function getConfigureRepoTooltip({
+  instanceConnected,
+  maxReposReached,
+  count,
+}: {
+  instanceConnected: boolean;
+  maxReposReached: boolean;
+  count: number;
+}) {
+  if (instanceConnected) {
+    return t(
+      'provisioning.connect-repository-button.instance-fully-managed-tooltip',
+      'Configuration is disabled because this instance is fully managed'
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (maxReposReached) {
+    return t(
+      'provisioning.connect-repository-button.repository-limit-reached-tooltip',
+      'Repository limit reached {{count}}',
+      {
+        count,
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  return '';
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/RepositoryList.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/RepositoryList.tsx
index 368ac5b644d..0aa0d63c301 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/RepositoryList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/RepositoryList.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import { Repository } from 'app/api/clients/provisioning/v0alpha1';
 import { RepositoryCard } from '../Repository/RepositoryCard';
 import { checkSyncSettings } from '../utils/checkSyncSettings';
 
-import { ConnectRepositoryButton } from './ConnectRepositoryButton';
-
 interface Props {
   items: Repository[];
 }
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ export function RepositoryList({ items }: Props) {
             value={query}
             onChange={setQuery}
           />
-          <ConnectRepositoryButton items={items} />
         </Stack>
       )}
       <Stack direction={'column'} gap={2}>
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.test.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.test.tsx
index 59dd57f2840..426f7b36fb3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.test.tsx
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ describe('BootstrapStep', () => {
 
     it('should render correct info for GitHub repository type', async () => {
       setup();
-      expect(await screen.findByText('Grafana instance')).toBeInTheDocument();
-      expect(screen.getByText('External storage')).toBeInTheDocument();
-      expect(screen.getAllByText('Empty')).toHaveLength(2); // Both should show empty
+      expect(screen.getAllByText('External storage')).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(screen.getAllByText('Empty')).toHaveLength(3); // Three elements should have the role "Empty" (2 external + 1 unmanaged)
     });
 
     it('should render correct info for local file repository type', async () => {
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ describe('BootstrapStep', () => {
 
       setup();
 
-      expect(await screen.findByText('2 files')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(await screen.getAllByText('2 files')).toHaveLength(2);
     });
 
     it('should display resource counts when resources exist', async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.tsx
index 642ba1fc430..b7a6dc9b57b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStep.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Controller, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
-import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Box, Card, Field, Input, LoadingPlaceholder, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Box, Card, Field, Input, LoadingPlaceholder, Stack, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { RepositoryViewList } from 'app/api/clients/provisioning/v0alpha1';
 import { generateRepositoryTitle } from 'app/features/provisioning/utils/data';
 
+import { BootstrapStepCardIcons } from './BootstrapStepCardIcons';
+import { BootstrapStepResourceCounting } from './BootstrapStepResourceCounting';
 import { useStepStatus } from './StepStatusContext';
 import { useModeOptions } from './hooks/useModeOptions';
 import { useResourceStats } from './hooks/useResourceStats';
@@ -28,9 +32,11 @@ export function BootstrapStep({ settingsData, repoName }: Props) {
   } = useFormContext<WizardFormData>();
 
   const selectedTarget = watch('repository.sync.target');
+  const repositoryType = watch('repository.type');
   const options = useModeOptions(repoName, settingsData);
   const { target } = options[0];
   const { resourceCountString, fileCountString, isLoading } = useResourceStats(repoName, settingsData?.legacyStorage);
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // Pick a name nice name based on type+settings
@@ -60,25 +66,6 @@ export function BootstrapStep({ settingsData, repoName }: Props) {
   return (
     <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
       <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
-        <Box alignItems="center" padding={4}>
-          <Stack direction="row" gap={4} alignItems="flex-start" justifyContent="center">
-            <Stack direction="column" gap={1} alignItems="center">
-              <Text color="secondary">
-                <Trans i18nKey="provisioning.bootstrap-step.grafana">Grafana instance</Trans>
-              </Text>
-              <Stack direction="row" gap={2}>
-                <Text variant="h4">{resourceCountString}</Text>
-              </Stack>
-            </Stack>
-            <Stack direction="column" gap={1} alignItems="center">
-              <Text color="secondary">
-                <Trans i18nKey="provisioning.bootstrap-step.ext-storage">External storage</Trans>
-              </Text>
-              <Text variant="h4">{fileCountString}</Text>
-            </Stack>
-          </Stack>
-        </Box>
-
         <Controller
           name="repository.sync.target"
           control={control}
@@ -94,12 +81,27 @@ export function BootstrapStep({ settingsData, repoName }: Props) {
                   noMargin
                   {...field}
                 >
-                  <Card.Heading>{action.label}</Card.Heading>
+                  <Card.Heading>
+                    <Text variant="h5">{action.label}</Text>
+                  </Card.Heading>
                   <Card.Description>
+                    <div className={styles.divider} />
+
+                    <Box paddingBottom={2}>
+                      <BootstrapStepCardIcons target={action.target} repoType={repositoryType} />
+                    </Box>
                     <Stack direction="column" gap={3}>
                       {action.description}
                       <Text color="primary">{action.subtitle}</Text>
                     </Stack>
+
+                    <div className={styles.divider} />
+
+                    <BootstrapStepResourceCounting
+                      target={action.target}
+                      fileCountString={fileCountString}
+                      resourceCountString={resourceCountString}
+                    />
                   </Card.Description>
                 </Card>
               ))}
@@ -138,3 +140,13 @@ export function BootstrapStep({ settingsData, repoName }: Props) {
     </Stack>
   );
 }
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  divider: css({
+    height: 1,
+    width: '100%',
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.border.medium,
+    marginTop: theme.spacing(2),
+    marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStepCardIcons.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStepCardIcons.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff26ecc5752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStepCardIcons.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Icon, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { RepoIcon } from '../Shared/RepoIcon';
+
+import { RepoType, Target } from './types';
+
+export function BootstrapStepCardIcons({ target, repoType }: { target: Target; repoType: RepoType }) {
+  if (target === 'instance') {
+    return (
+      <Stack direction="row">
+        <Icon name="grafana" size="xxl" />
+        <Icon name="arrows-h" size="xxl" />
+        <RepoIcon type="github" />
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (target === 'folder') {
+    return (
+      <Stack>
+        <Icon name="folder" size="xxl" />
+        <Icon name="arrow-left" size="xxl" />
+        <RepoIcon type={repoType} />
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStepResourceCounting.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStepResourceCounting.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c5f0f16d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/BootstrapStepResourceCounting.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { Target } from './types';
+
+export function BootstrapStepResourceCounting({
+  target,
+  fileCountString,
+  resourceCountString,
+}: {
+  target: Target;
+  fileCountString: string;
+  resourceCountString: string;
+}) {
+  if (target === 'instance') {
+    return (
+      <Stack direction="row" gap={3}>
+        <Stack gap={1}>
+          <Trans i18nKey="provisioning.bootstrap-step.external-storage-label">External storage</Trans>
+          <Text color="primary">{fileCountString}</Text>
+        </Stack>
+        <Stack gap={1}>
+          <Trans i18nKey="provisioning.bootstrap-step.unmanaged-resources-label">Unmanaged resources</Trans>{' '}
+          <Text color="primary">{resourceCountString}</Text>
+        </Stack>
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (target === 'folder') {
+    return (
+      <Stack gap={1}>
+        <Trans i18nKey="provisioning.bootstrap-step.external-storage-label">External storage</Trans>{' '}
+        <Text color="primary">{fileCountString}</Text>
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 3d0b066d978..df049b95433 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -11215,15 +11215,15 @@
       "description-clear-repository-connection": "Add a clear name for this repository connection",
       "empty": "Empty",
       "error-field-required": "This field is required.",
-      "ext-storage": "External storage",
+      "external-storage-label": "External storage",
       "files-count_one": "{{count}} files",
       "files-count_other": "{{count}} files",
       "folders-count_one": "{{count}} folder",
       "folders-count_other": "{{count}} folder",
-      "grafana": "Grafana instance",
       "label-display-name": "Display name",
       "placeholder-my-repository-connection": "My repository connection",
-      "text-loading-resource-information": "Loading resource information..."
+      "text-loading-resource-information": "Loading resource information...",
+      "unmanaged-resources-label": "Unmanaged resources"
     },
     "check-repository": {
       "check": "Check"
@@ -11265,7 +11265,9 @@
     },
     "connect-repository-button": {
       "configure": "Configure",
-      "repository-limit-info-alert": "Repository limit reached ({{count}})"
+      "instance-fully-managed-tooltip": "Configuration is disabled because this instance is fully managed",
+      "repository-limit-reached-tooltip_one": "Repository limit reached {{count}}",
+      "repository-limit-reached-tooltip_other": "Repository limit reached {{count}}"
     },
     "delete-repository-button": {
       "button-delete": "Delete",