diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/README.md b/pkg/services/apiserver/README.md
index f85e39fe880..9bbfd8fe01b 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apiserver/README.md
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ kubernetesPlaylists = true
 
 [unified_storage.playlists.playlist.grafana.app]
 dualWriterMode = 2
+dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled = true
 ```
 
 This will create a development kubeconfig and start a parallel ssl listener.  It can be registered by
diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/builder/helper.go b/pkg/services/apiserver/builder/helper.go
index a088be374db..4b633de7e4b 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apiserver/builder/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/builder/helper.go
@@ -170,9 +170,13 @@ func InstallAPIs(
 			// Get the option from custom.ini/command line
 			// when missing this will default to mode zero (legacy only)
 			var mode = grafanarest.DualWriterMode(0)
+
+			var dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled bool
+
 			resourceConfig, resourceExists := storageOpts.UnifiedStorageConfig[key]
 			if resourceExists {
 				mode = resourceConfig.DualWriterMode
+				dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled = resourceConfig.DualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled
 			}
 
 			// Force using storage only -- regardless of internal synchronization state
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ func InstallAPIs(
 			default:
 			}
 
-			if storageOpts.DualWriterDataSyncJobEnabled[key] {
+			if dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled {
 				grafanarest.StartPeriodicDataSyncer(ctx, currentMode, legacy, storage, key, reg, serverLock, requestInfo)
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/config.go b/pkg/services/apiserver/config.go
index 79ecd961fb1..adde28a322a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apiserver/config.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/config.go
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ func applyGrafanaConfig(cfg *setting.Cfg, features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles, o
 	unifiedStorageCfg := cfg.UnifiedStorage
 	o.StorageOptions.UnifiedStorageConfig = unifiedStorageCfg
 
-	o.StorageOptions.DualWriterDataSyncJobEnabled = map[string]bool{
-		// TODO: This will be enabled later, when we get a dedicated config section for unified_storage
-		// playlist.RESOURCE + "." + playlist.GROUP: true,
-	}
-
 	o.ExtraOptions.DevMode = features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagGrafanaAPIServerEnsureKubectlAccess)
 	o.ExtraOptions.ExternalAddress = host
 	o.ExtraOptions.APIURL = apiURL
diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/options/storage.go b/pkg/services/apiserver/options/storage.go
index a031b06007a..512619baa9e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apiserver/options/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/options/storage.go
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ type StorageOptions struct { // The desired storage type
 
 	// {resource}.{group} = 1|2|3|4
 	UnifiedStorageConfig map[string]setting.UnifiedStorageConfig
-
-	// TODO... this will be moved to UnifiedStorageConfig
-	DualWriterDataSyncJobEnabled map[string]bool
 }
 
 func NewStorageOptions() *StorageOptions {
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting.go b/pkg/setting/setting.go
index 805f36a160a..4c5f3bf5a48 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting.go
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ type Cfg struct {
 }
 
 type UnifiedStorageConfig struct {
-	DualWriterMode rest.DualWriterMode
+	DualWriterMode                       rest.DualWriterMode
+	DualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled bool
 }
 
 type InstallPlugin struct {
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go b/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go
index d26dc6c3c06..c004ea29b45 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) setUnifiedStorageConfig() {
 
 		// parse dualWriter modes from the section
 		dualWriterMode := section.Key("dualWriterMode").MustInt(0)
-		storageConfig[resourceName] = UnifiedStorageConfig{DualWriterMode: rest.DualWriterMode(dualWriterMode)}
+
+		// parse dualWriter periodic data syncer config
+		dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled := section.Key("dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled").MustBool(false)
+
+		storageConfig[resourceName] = UnifiedStorageConfig{
+			DualWriterMode:                       rest.DualWriterMode(dualWriterMode),
+			DualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled: dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled,
+		}
 	}
 	cfg.UnifiedStorage = storageConfig
 }
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage_test.go b/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage_test.go
index bb46ad9a18b..b9227e3a3ee 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage_test.go
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ func TestCfg_setUnifiedStorageConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err = s.NewKey("dualWriterMode", "2")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
+		_, err = s.NewKey("dualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled", "true")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
 		cfg.setUnifiedStorageConfig()
 
 		value, exists := cfg.UnifiedStorage["playlists.playlist.grafana.app"]
 
 		assert.Equal(t, exists, true)
-		assert.Equal(t, value, UnifiedStorageConfig{DualWriterMode: 2})
+		assert.Equal(t, value, UnifiedStorageConfig{
+			DualWriterMode:                       2,
+			DualWriterPeriodicDataSyncJobEnabled: true,
+		})
 	})
 }