diff --git a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
index bd049762d54..9aec15cb7fe 100644
--- a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ Experimental features might be changed or removed without prior notice.
 | `alertmanagerRemoteOnly`                    | Disable the internal Alertmanager and only use the external one defined.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `annotationPermissionUpdate`                | Separate annotation permissions from dashboard permissions to allow for more granular control.                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | `extractFieldsNameDeduplication`            | Make sure extracted field names are unique in the dataframe                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `dashboardSceneForViewers`                  | Enables dashboard rendering using Scenes for viewer roles                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 
 ## Development feature toggles
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index 09eb6c3f322..9315579eb18 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -156,4 +156,5 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   alertmanagerRemoteOnly?: boolean;
   annotationPermissionUpdate?: boolean;
   extractFieldsNameDeduplication?: boolean;
+  dashboardSceneForViewers?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 157911d1972..d28bca5998e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -967,5 +967,12 @@ var (
 			FrontendOnly: true,
 			Owner:        grafanaBiSquad,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:         "dashboardSceneForViewers",
+			Description:  "Enables dashboard rendering using Scenes for viewer roles",
+			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
+			FrontendOnly: true,
+			Owner:        grafanaDashboardsSquad,
+		},
 	}
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index f0b8125952d..8276c937fa3 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -137,3 +137,4 @@ alertmanagerRemotePrimary,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
 alertmanagerRemoteOnly,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false,false
 annotationPermissionUpdate,experimental,@grafana/grafana-authnz-team,false,false,false,false
 extractFieldsNameDeduplication,experimental,@grafana/grafana-bi-squad,false,false,false,true
+dashboardSceneForViewers,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,false,true
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index 28f9e832dc8..bd3493e5147 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -558,4 +558,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagExtractFieldsNameDeduplication
 	// Make sure extracted field names are unique in the dataframe
 	FlagExtractFieldsNameDeduplication = "extractFieldsNameDeduplication"
+
+	// FlagDashboardSceneForViewers
+	// Enables dashboard rendering using Scenes for viewer roles
+	FlagDashboardSceneForViewers = "dashboardSceneForViewers"
 )
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePage.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePage.tsx
index 5c27e377406..9b04f129591 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePage.tsx
@@ -5,26 +5,32 @@ import { PageLayoutType } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import PageLoader from 'app/core/components/PageLoader/PageLoader';
 import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
+import { DashboardPageRouteParams } from 'app/features/dashboard/containers/types';
+import { DashboardRoutes } from 'app/types';
 
 import { getDashboardScenePageStateManager } from './DashboardScenePageStateManager';
 
-export interface Props extends GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{ uid: string }> {}
+export interface Props extends GrafanaRouteComponentProps<DashboardPageRouteParams> {}
 
-export function DashboardScenePage({ match }: Props) {
+export function DashboardScenePage({ match, route }: Props) {
   const stateManager = getDashboardScenePageStateManager();
   const { dashboard, isLoading, loadError } = stateManager.useState();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    stateManager.loadDashboard(match.params.uid);
+    if (route.routeName === DashboardRoutes.Home) {
+      stateManager.loadDashboard(route.routeName);
+    } else {
+      stateManager.loadDashboard(match.params.uid!);
+    }
 
     return () => {
       stateManager.clearState();
     };
-  }, [stateManager, match.params.uid]);
+  }, [stateManager, match.params.uid, route.routeName]);
 
   if (!dashboard) {
     return (
-      <Page layout={PageLayoutType.Canvas}>
+      <Page layout={PageLayoutType.Canvas} data-testid={'dashboard-scene-page'}>
         {isLoading && <PageLoader />}
         {loadError && <h2>{loadError}</h2>}
       </Page>
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.test.ts
index f0a8eef1a0c..dce180fa0df 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
+import { advanceBy } from 'jest-date-mock';
+
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { getUrlSyncManager } from '@grafana/scenes';
 
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 import { setupLoadDashboardMock } from '../utils/test-utils';
 
-import { DashboardScenePageStateManager } from './DashboardScenePageStateManager';
+import { DashboardScenePageStateManager, DASHBOARD_CACHE_TTL } from './DashboardScenePageStateManager';
 
 describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
   describe('when fetching/loading a dashboard', () => {
     it('should call loader from server if the dashboard is not cached', async () => {
-      const loadDashboardMock = setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: { uid: 'fake-dash' }, meta: {} });
+      const loadDashboardMock = setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: { uid: 'fake-dash', editable: true }, meta: {} });
 
       const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
       await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
@@ -74,5 +76,39 @@ describe('DashboardScenePageStateManager', () => {
 
       expect(dash2!.state.$timeRange?.state.from).toEqual('now-10m');
     });
+
+    describe('caching', () => {
+      it('should cache the dashboard DTO', async () => {
+        setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: { uid: 'fake-dash' }, meta: {} });
+
+        const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
+
+        expect(loader.getFromCache('fake-dash')).toBeNull();
+
+        await loader.loadDashboard('fake-dash');
+
+        expect(loader.getFromCache('fake-dash')).toBeDefined();
+      });
+
+      it('should load dashboard DTO from cache if requested again within 2s', async () => {
+        const loadDashSpy = jest.fn();
+        setupLoadDashboardMock({ dashboard: { uid: 'fake-dash' }, meta: {} }, loadDashSpy);
+
+        const loader = new DashboardScenePageStateManager({});
+
+        expect(loader.getFromCache('fake-dash')).toBeNull();
+
+        await loader.fetchDashboard('fake-dash');
+        expect(loadDashSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        advanceBy(DASHBOARD_CACHE_TTL / 2);
+        await loader.fetchDashboard('fake-dash');
+        expect(loadDashSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        advanceBy(DASHBOARD_CACHE_TTL / 2 + 1);
+        await loader.fetchDashboard('fake-dash');
+        expect(loadDashSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts
index 78faff65731..b8ec4022740 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
+import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { getBackendSrv, isFetchError, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { updateNavIndex } from 'app/core/actions';
 import { StateManagerBase } from 'app/core/services/StateManagerBase';
+import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
+import { newBrowseDashboardsEnabled } from 'app/features/browse-dashboards/featureFlag';
 import { dashboardLoaderSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv';
 import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
+import { buildNavModel } from 'app/features/folders/state/navModel';
+import { store } from 'app/store/store';
+import { DashboardDTO, DashboardMeta, DashboardRoutes } from 'app/types';
 
 import { buildPanelEditScene, PanelEditor } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
@@ -14,8 +22,69 @@ export interface DashboardScenePageState {
   loadError?: string;
 }
 
+export const DASHBOARD_CACHE_TTL = 2000;
+
+interface DashboardCacheEntry {
+  dashboard: DashboardDTO;
+  ts: number;
+}
 export class DashboardScenePageStateManager extends StateManagerBase<DashboardScenePageState> {
   private cache: Record<string, DashboardScene> = {};
+  // This is a simplistic, short-term cache for DashboardDTOs to avoid fetching the same dashboard multiple times across a short time span.
+  private dashboardCache: Map<string, DashboardCacheEntry> = new Map();
+
+  // To eventualy replace the fetchDashboard function from Dashboard redux state management.
+  // For now it's a simplistic version to support Home and Normal dashboard routes.
+  public async fetchDashboard(uid: string) {
+    const cachedDashboard = this.getFromCache(uid);
+
+    if (cachedDashboard) {
+      return cachedDashboard;
+    }
+
+    let rsp: DashboardDTO | undefined;
+
+    try {
+      if (uid === DashboardRoutes.Home) {
+        rsp = await getBackendSrv().get('/api/dashboards/home');
+
+        // If user specified a custom home dashboard redirect to that
+        if (rsp?.redirectUri) {
+          const newUrl = locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(rsp.redirectUri);
+          locationService.replace(newUrl);
+          return null;
+        }
+
+        if (rsp?.meta) {
+          rsp.meta.canSave = false;
+          rsp.meta.canShare = false;
+          rsp.meta.canStar = false;
+        }
+      } else {
+        rsp = await dashboardLoaderSrv.loadDashboard('db', '', uid);
+      }
+
+      if (rsp) {
+        // Fill in meta fields
+        const dashboard = this.initDashboardMeta(rsp);
+
+        // Populate nav model in global store according to the folder
+        await this.initNavModel(dashboard);
+
+        this.dashboardCache.set(uid, { dashboard, ts: Date.now() });
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Ignore cancelled errors
+      if (isFetchError(e) && e.cancelled) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      console.error(e);
+      throw e;
+    }
+
+    return rsp;
+  }
 
   public async loadDashboard(uid: string) {
     try {
@@ -55,10 +124,11 @@ export class DashboardScenePageStateManager extends StateManagerBase<DashboardSc
 
     this.setState({ isLoading: true });
 
-    const rsp = await dashboardLoaderSrv.loadDashboard('db', '', uid);
+    const rsp = await this.fetchDashboard(uid);
 
-    if (rsp.dashboard) {
+    if (rsp?.dashboard) {
       const scene = transformSaveModelToScene(rsp);
+
       this.cache[uid] = scene;
       return scene;
     }
@@ -66,10 +136,49 @@ export class DashboardScenePageStateManager extends StateManagerBase<DashboardSc
     throw new Error('Dashboard not found');
   }
 
+  public getFromCache(uid: string) {
+    const cachedDashboard = this.dashboardCache.get(uid);
+
+    if (cachedDashboard && !this.hasExpired(cachedDashboard)) {
+      return cachedDashboard.dashboard;
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private hasExpired(entry: DashboardCacheEntry) {
+    return Date.now() - entry.ts > DASHBOARD_CACHE_TTL;
+  }
+
+  private initDashboardMeta(dashboard: DashboardDTO): DashboardDTO {
+    return {
+      ...dashboard,
+      meta: initDashboardMeta(dashboard.meta, Boolean(dashboard.dashboard?.editable)),
+    };
+  }
+
+  private async initNavModel(dashboard: DashboardDTO) {
+    // only the folder API has information about ancestors
+    // get parent folder (if it exists) and put it in the store
+    // this will be used to populate the full breadcrumb trail
+    if (newBrowseDashboardsEnabled() && dashboard.meta.folderUid) {
+      try {
+        const folder = await backendSrv.getFolderByUid(dashboard.meta.folderUid);
+        store.dispatch(updateNavIndex(buildNavModel(folder)));
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.warn('Error fetching parent folder', dashboard.meta.folderUid, 'for dashboard', err);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public clearState() {
     getDashboardSrv().setCurrent(undefined);
     this.setState({ dashboard: undefined, loadError: undefined, isLoading: false, panelEditor: undefined });
   }
+
+  public setDashboardCache(uid: string, dashboard: DashboardDTO) {
+    this.dashboardCache.set(uid, { dashboard, ts: Date.now() });
+  }
 }
 
 let stateManager: DashboardScenePageStateManager | null = null;
@@ -81,3 +190,25 @@ export function getDashboardScenePageStateManager(): DashboardScenePageStateMana
 
   return stateManager;
 }
+
+function initDashboardMeta(source: DashboardMeta, isEditable: boolean) {
+  const result = source ? { ...source } : {};
+
+  result.canShare = source.canShare !== false;
+  result.canSave = source.canSave !== false;
+  result.canStar = source.canStar !== false;
+  result.canEdit = source.canEdit !== false;
+  result.canDelete = source.canDelete !== false;
+
+  result.showSettings = source.canEdit;
+  result.canMakeEditable = source.canSave && !isEditable;
+  result.hasUnsavedFolderChange = false;
+
+  if (!isEditable) {
+    result.canEdit = false;
+    result.canDelete = false;
+    result.canSave = false;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditor.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditor.tsx
index 7d0416a645f..b63244c728c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditor.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as H from 'history';
 
+import { NavIndex } from '@grafana/data';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   getUrlSyncManager,
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ export class PanelEditor extends SceneObjectBase<PanelEditorState> {
     getUrlSyncManager().initSync(this);
   }
 
-  public getPageNav(location: H.Location) {
+  public getPageNav(location: H.Location, navIndex: NavIndex) {
     return {
       text: 'Edit panel',
-      parentItem: this.state.dashboardRef.resolve().getPageNav(location),
+      parentItem: this.state.dashboardRef.resolve().getPageNav(location, navIndex),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditorRenderer.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditorRenderer.tsx
index 9af29338ca7..d44801cbaa5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditorRenderer.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelEditorRenderer.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Button, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { AppChromeUpdate } from 'app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeUpdate';
 import { NavToolbarSeparator } from 'app/core/components/AppChrome/NavToolbar/NavToolbarSeparator';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
+import { useSelector } from 'app/types/store';
 
 import { PanelEditor } from './PanelEditor';
 
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ export function PanelEditorRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<PanelEditor>)
   const { body, controls, drawer } = model.useState();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const location = useLocation();
-  const pageNav = model.getPageNav(location);
+  const navIndex = useSelector((state) => state.navIndex);
+  const pageNav = model.getPageNav(location, navIndex);
 
   return (
     <Page navId="scenes" pageNav={pageNav} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
index 4a849ee9c94..e380d2da55e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import * as H from 'history';
 import { Unsubscribable } from 'rxjs';
 
-import { CoreApp, DataQueryRequest, NavModelItem, UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
-import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { CoreApp, DataQueryRequest, NavIndex, NavModelItem, UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   getUrlSyncManager,
   SceneFlexLayout,
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {
   SceneObjectStateChangedEvent,
   sceneUtils,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { getNavModel } from 'app/core/selectors/navModel';
+import { newBrowseDashboardsEnabled } from 'app/features/browse-dashboards/featureFlag';
 import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
 import { DashboardMeta } from 'app/types';
 
@@ -155,16 +157,45 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
     this.setState({ overlay: new SaveDashboardDrawer({ dashboardRef: this.getRef() }) });
   };
 
-  public getPageNav(location: H.Location) {
+  public getPageNav(location: H.Location, navIndex: NavIndex) {
+    const { meta } = this.state;
+
     let pageNav: NavModelItem = {
       text: this.state.title,
       url: getDashboardUrl({
         uid: this.state.uid,
         currentQueryParams: location.search,
         updateQuery: { viewPanel: null, inspect: null },
+        useExperimentalURL: Boolean(config.featureToggles.dashboardSceneForViewers && meta.canEdit),
       }),
     };
 
+    const { folderTitle, folderUid } = meta;
+
+    if (folderUid) {
+      if (newBrowseDashboardsEnabled()) {
+        const folderNavModel = getNavModel(navIndex, `folder-dashboards-${folderUid}`).main;
+        // If the folder hasn't loaded (maybe user doesn't have permission on it?) then
+        // don't show the "page not found" breadcrumb
+        if (folderNavModel.id !== 'not-found') {
+          pageNav = {
+            ...pageNav,
+            parentItem: folderNavModel,
+          };
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (folderTitle) {
+          pageNav = {
+            ...pageNav,
+            parentItem: {
+              text: folderTitle,
+              url: `/dashboards/f/${meta.folderUid}`,
+            },
+          };
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     if (this.state.viewPanelKey) {
       pageNav = {
         text: 'View panel',
@@ -216,6 +247,25 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
     this.setState({ overlay: undefined });
   }
 
+  public async onStarDashboard() {
+    const { meta, uid } = this.state;
+    if (!uid) {
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      const result = await getDashboardSrv().starDashboard(uid, Boolean(meta.isStarred));
+
+      this.setState({
+        meta: {
+          ...meta,
+          isStarred: result,
+        },
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Failed to star dashboard', err);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Called by the SceneQueryRunner to privide contextural parameters (tracking) props for the request
    */
@@ -230,6 +280,8 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
   }
 
   canEditDashboard() {
-    return Boolean(this.state.meta.canEdit || this.state.meta.canMakeEditable);
+    const { meta } = this.state;
+
+    return Boolean(meta.canEdit || meta.canMakeEditable);
   }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneRenderer.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneRenderer.tsx
index 63bb7df05e6..74943eb95fb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneRenderer.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import React from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, PageLayoutType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { SceneComponentProps, SceneDebugger } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { CustomScrollbar, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
+import { getNavModel } from 'app/core/selectors/navModel';
+import { useSelector } from 'app/types';
 
 import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
 import { NavToolbarActions } from './NavToolbarActions';
@@ -14,14 +17,20 @@ export function DashboardSceneRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<DashboardS
   const { controls, viewPanelKey: viewPanelId, overlay } = model.useState();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const location = useLocation();
-  const pageNav = model.getPageNav(location);
+  const navIndex = useSelector((state) => state.navIndex);
+  const pageNav = model.getPageNav(location, navIndex);
   const bodyToRender = model.getBodyToRender(viewPanelId);
 
+  const navProps = config.featureToggles.dashboardSceneForViewers
+    ? { navModel: getNavModel(navIndex, 'dashboards/browse') }
+    : { navId: 'scenes' };
+
   return (
-    <Page navId="scenes" pageNav={pageNav} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
+    <Page {...navProps} pageNav={pageNav} layout={PageLayoutType.Custom}>
       <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin={'100%'}>
         <div className={styles.canvasContent}>
           <NavToolbarActions dashboard={model} />
+
           {controls && (
             <div className={styles.controls}>
               {controls.map((control) => (
@@ -30,7 +39,7 @@ export function DashboardSceneRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<DashboardS
               <SceneDebugger scene={model} key={'scene-debugger'} />
             </div>
           )}
-          <div className={styles.body}>
+          <div className={cx(styles.body)}>
             <bodyToRender.Component model={bodyToRender} />
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -57,6 +66,7 @@ function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
       gap: '8px',
       marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
     }),
+
     controls: css({
       display: 'flex',
       flexWrap: 'wrap',
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx
index 2a634c2b5c5..6f5b4285c67 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,28 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 export const NavToolbarActions = React.memo<Props>(({ dashboard }) => {
-  const { actions = [], isEditing, viewPanelKey, isDirty, uid } = dashboard.useState();
+  const { actions = [], isEditing, viewPanelKey, isDirty, uid, meta } = dashboard.useState();
   const toolbarActions = (actions ?? []).map((action) => <action.Component key={action.state.key} model={action} />);
 
   if (uid) {
+    if (meta.canStar) {
+      let desc = meta.isStarred
+        ? t('dashboard.toolbar.unmark-favorite', 'Unmark as favorite')
+        : t('dashboard.toolbar.mark-favorite', 'Mark as favorite');
+
+      toolbarActions.push(
+        <DashNavButton
+          key="star-dashboard-button"
+          tooltip={desc}
+          icon={meta.isStarred ? 'favorite' : 'star'}
+          iconType={meta.isStarred ? 'mono' : 'default'}
+          iconSize="lg"
+          onClick={() => {
+            dashboard.onStarDashboard();
+          }}
+        />
+      );
+    }
     toolbarActions.push(
       <DashNavButton
         key="share-dashboard-button"
@@ -61,36 +79,38 @@ export const NavToolbarActions = React.memo<Props>(({ dashboard }) => {
   }
 
   if (!isEditing) {
-    // TODO check permissions
-    toolbarActions.push(
-      <Button
-        onClick={dashboard.onEnterEditMode}
-        tooltip="Enter edit mode"
-        key="edit"
-        variant="primary"
-        icon="pen"
-        fill="text"
-      >
-        Edit
-      </Button>
-    );
+    if (dashboard.canEditDashboard()) {
+      toolbarActions.push(
+        <Button
+          onClick={dashboard.onEnterEditMode}
+          tooltip="Enter edit mode"
+          key="edit"
+          variant="primary"
+          icon="pen"
+          fill="text"
+        >
+          Edit
+        </Button>
+      );
+    }
   } else {
-    // TODO check permissions
-    toolbarActions.push(
-      <Button onClick={dashboard.onSave} tooltip="Save as copy" fill="text" key="save-as">
-        Save as
-      </Button>
-    );
-    toolbarActions.push(
-      <Button onClick={dashboard.onDiscard} tooltip="Save changes" fill="text" key="discard" variant="destructive">
-        Discard
-      </Button>
-    );
-    toolbarActions.push(
-      <Button onClick={dashboard.onSave} tooltip="Save changes" key="save" disabled={!isDirty}>
-        Save
-      </Button>
-    );
+    if (dashboard.canEditDashboard()) {
+      toolbarActions.push(
+        <Button onClick={dashboard.onSave} tooltip="Save as copy" fill="text" key="save-as">
+          Save as
+        </Button>
+      );
+      toolbarActions.push(
+        <Button onClick={dashboard.onDiscard} tooltip="Save changes" fill="text" key="discard" variant="destructive">
+          Discard
+        </Button>
+      );
+      toolbarActions.push(
+        <Button onClick={dashboard.onSave} tooltip="Save changes" key="save" disabled={!isDirty}>
+          Save
+        </Button>
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   return <AppChromeUpdate actions={toolbarActions} />;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.test.tsx
index 383cccb445d..199a2e06586 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.test.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ async function buildTestScene(options: SceneOptions) {
   const scene = new DashboardScene({
     title: 'hello',
     uid: 'dash-1',
+    meta: {
+      canEdit: true,
+    },
     body: new SceneGridLayout({
       children: [
         new SceneGridItem({
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.tsx
index 343c5030447..70699f37b4d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.tsx
@@ -35,19 +35,22 @@ export function panelMenuBehavior(menu: VizPanelMenu) {
         href: getViewPanelUrl(panel),
       });
 
-      // We could check isEditing here but I kind of think this should always be in the menu,
-      // and going into panel edit should make the dashboard go into edit mode is it's not already
-      items.push({
-        text: t('panel.header-menu.edit', `Edit`),
-        iconClassName: 'eye',
-        shortcut: 'e',
-        onClick: () => reportInteraction('dashboards_panelheader_menu', { item: 'edit' }),
-        href: getDashboardUrl({
-          uid: dashboard.state.uid,
-          subPath: `/panel-edit/${panelId}`,
-          currentQueryParams: location.search,
-        }),
-      });
+      if (dashboard.canEditDashboard()) {
+        // We could check isEditing here but I kind of think this should always be in the menu,
+        // and going into panel edit should make the dashboard go into edit mode is it's not already
+        items.push({
+          text: t('panel.header-menu.edit', `Edit`),
+          iconClassName: 'eye',
+          shortcut: 'e',
+          onClick: () => reportInteraction('dashboards_panelheader_menu', { item: 'edit' }),
+          href: getDashboardUrl({
+            uid: dashboard.state.uid,
+            subPath: `/panel-edit/${panelId}`,
+            currentQueryParams: location.search,
+            useExperimentalURL: true,
+          }),
+        });
+      }
 
       items.push({
         text: t('panel.header-menu.share', `Share`),
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
index 7057b410a2f..68c86ce9083 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
@@ -203,18 +203,23 @@ export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel: DashboardModel)
     });
   }
 
-  const controls: SceneObject[] = [
+  let controls: SceneObject[] = [
     new VariableValueSelectors({}),
     ...filtersSets,
     new SceneDataLayerControls(),
     new SceneControlsSpacer(),
-    new SceneTimePicker({}),
-    new SceneRefreshPicker({
-      refresh: oldModel.refresh,
-      intervals: oldModel.timepicker.refresh_intervals,
-    }),
   ];
 
+  if (!Boolean(oldModel.timepicker.hidden)) {
+    controls = controls.concat([
+      new SceneTimePicker({}),
+      new SceneRefreshPicker({
+        refresh: oldModel.refresh,
+        intervals: oldModel.timepicker.refresh_intervals,
+      }),
+    ]);
+  }
+
   return new DashboardScene({
     title: oldModel.title,
     uid: oldModel.uid,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.test.tsx
index 1cfe3167fc6..e9e2e35a7ab 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.test.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('ShareLinkTab', () => {
     config.appUrl = 'http://dashboards.grafana.com/grafana/';
     config.rendererAvailable = true;
     config.bootData.user.orgId = 1;
+    config.featureToggles.dashboardSceneForViewers = true;
     locationService.push('/scenes/dashboard/dash-1?from=now-6h&to=now');
   });
 
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ function buildAndRenderScenario(options: ScenarioOptions) {
   const dashboard = new DashboardScene({
     title: 'hello',
     uid: 'dash-1',
+    meta: {
+      canEdit: true,
+    },
     $timeRange: new SceneTimeRange({}),
     body: new SceneGridLayout({
       children: [
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.tsx
index f5c2db5387a..61e38a55d65 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/sharing/ShareLinkTab.tsx
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export class ShareLinkTab extends SceneObjectBase<ShareLinkTabState> {
       currentQueryParams: location.search,
       updateQuery: urlParamsUpdate,
       absolute: true,
+      useExperimentalURL: Boolean(config.featureToggles.dashboardSceneForViewers && dashboard.state.meta.canEdit),
     });
 
     if (useShortUrl) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/test-utils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/test-utils.ts
index f0fae6b310b..aa8a8afe29f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/test-utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/test-utils.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import { DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
 import { PanelRepeaterGridItem, RepeatDirection } from '../scene/PanelRepeaterGridItem';
 import { RowRepeaterBehavior } from '../scene/RowRepeaterBehavior';
 
-export function setupLoadDashboardMock(rsp: DeepPartial<DashboardDTO>) {
-  const loadDashboardMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(rsp);
+export function setupLoadDashboardMock(rsp: DeepPartial<DashboardDTO>, spy?: jest.Mock) {
+  const loadDashboardMock = (spy || jest.fn()).mockResolvedValue(rsp);
   setDashboardLoaderSrv({
     loadDashboard: loadDashboardMock,
     // disabling type checks since this is a test util
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.test.ts
index 7c7e2899f4c..192f6e8f78d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.test.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ import { getDashboardUrl } from './urlBuilders';
 
 describe('dashboard utils', () => {
   it('Can getUrl', () => {
-    const url = getDashboardUrl({ uid: 'dash-1', currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A' });
+    const url = getDashboardUrl({ uid: 'dash-1', currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A', useExperimentalURL: true });
 
     expect(url).toBe('/scenes/dashboard/dash-1?orgId=1&filter=A');
   });
 
   it('Can getUrl with subpath', () => {
-    const url = getDashboardUrl({ uid: 'dash-1', subPath: '/panel-edit/2', currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A' });
+    const url = getDashboardUrl({
+      uid: 'dash-1',
+      subPath: '/panel-edit/2',
+      currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A',
+      useExperimentalURL: true,
+    });
 
     expect(url).toBe('/scenes/dashboard/dash-1/panel-edit/2?orgId=1&filter=A');
   });
@@ -18,6 +23,7 @@ describe('dashboard utils', () => {
       uid: 'dash-1',
       currentQueryParams: '?orgId=1&filter=A',
       updateQuery: { filter: null, new: 'A' },
+      useExperimentalURL: true,
     });
 
     expect(url).toBe('/scenes/dashboard/dash-1?orgId=1&new=A');
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.ts
index 1539a04f348..7d3bfc5b274 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/urlBuilders.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ export interface DashboardUrlOptions {
   absolute?: boolean;
   // Add tz to query params
   timeZone?: string;
+
+  // Add tz to query params
+  useExperimentalURL?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function getDashboardUrl(options: DashboardUrlOptions) {
-  let path = `/scenes/dashboard/${options.uid}${options.subPath ?? ''}`;
+  let path = options.useExperimentalURL
+    ? `/scenes/dashboard/${options.uid}${options.subPath ?? ''}`
+    : `/d/${options.uid}${options.subPath ?? ''}`;
 
   if (options.soloRoute) {
     path = `/d-solo/${options.uid}${options.subPath ?? ''}`;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
index b2975758d84..8e20cf9a98b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
@@ -40,27 +40,7 @@ import { cleanUpDashboardAndVariables } from '../state/actions';
 import { initDashboard } from '../state/initDashboard';
 import { calculateNewPanelGridPos } from '../utils/panel';
 
-export interface DashboardPageRouteParams {
-  uid?: string;
-  type?: string;
-  slug?: string;
-  accessToken?: string;
-}
-
-export type DashboardPageRouteSearchParams = {
-  tab?: string;
-  folderUid?: string;
-  editPanel?: string;
-  viewPanel?: string;
-  editview?: string;
-  addWidget?: boolean;
-  panelType?: string;
-  inspect?: string;
-  from?: string;
-  to?: string;
-  refresh?: string;
-  kiosk?: string | true;
-};
+import { DashboardPageRouteParams, DashboardPageRouteSearchParams } from './types';
 
 export const mapStateToProps = (state: StoreState) => ({
   initPhase: state.dashboard.initPhase,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17bd3adb68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import { render, screen, act, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { Router } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { getGrafanaContextMock } from 'test/mocks/getGrafanaContextMock';
+
+import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { GrafanaContext } from 'app/core/context/GrafanaContext';
+import { getDashboardScenePageStateManager } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager';
+import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
+import { DashboardDTO, DashboardRoutes } from 'app/types';
+
+import DashboardPageProxy, { DashboardPageProxyProps } from './DashboardPageProxy';
+
+const dashMock: DashboardDTO = {
+  dashboard: {
+    id: 1,
+    annotations: {
+      list: [],
+    },
+    uid: 'uid',
+    title: 'title',
+    panels: [],
+    version: 1,
+    schemaVersion: 1,
+  },
+  meta: {
+    canEdit: false,
+  },
+};
+
+const dashMockEditable = {
+  ...dashMock,
+  meta: {
+    ...dashMock.meta,
+    canEdit: true,
+  },
+};
+
+jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
+  getDataSourceSrv: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
+    getInstanceSettings: () => {
+      return { name: 'Grafana' };
+    },
+    get: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+  }),
+}));
+
+function setup(props: Partial<DashboardPageProxyProps>) {
+  const context = getGrafanaContextMock();
+  const store = configureStore({});
+
+  return render(
+    <GrafanaContext.Provider value={context}>
+      <Provider store={store}>
+        <Router history={locationService.getHistory()}>
+          <DashboardPageProxy
+            location={locationService.getLocation()}
+            history={locationService.getHistory()}
+            queryParams={{}}
+            route={{ routeName: DashboardRoutes.Home, component: () => null, path: '/' }}
+            match={{ params: {}, isExact: true, path: '/', url: '/' }}
+            {...props}
+          />
+        </Router>
+      </Provider>
+    </GrafanaContext.Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+describe('DashboardPageProxy', () => {
+  describe('when dashboardSceneForViewers feature toggle disabled', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      config.featureToggles.dashboardSceneForViewers = false;
+    });
+
+    it('home dashboard', async () => {
+      getDashboardScenePageStateManager().setDashboardCache(DashboardRoutes.Home, dashMock);
+      act(() => {
+        setup({
+          route: { routeName: DashboardRoutes.Home, component: () => null, path: '/' },
+          match: { params: {}, isExact: true, path: '/', url: '/' },
+        });
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(screen.queryAllByTestId('dashboard-scene-page')).toHaveLength(0);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('uid dashboard', async () => {
+      getDashboardScenePageStateManager().setDashboardCache('abc-def', dashMock);
+
+      act(() => {
+        setup({
+          route: { routeName: DashboardRoutes.Home, component: () => null, path: '/' },
+          match: { params: {}, isExact: true, path: '/', url: '/' },
+        });
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(screen.queryAllByTestId('dashboard-scene-page')).toHaveLength(0);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when  dashboardSceneForViewers feature toggle enabled', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      config.featureToggles.dashboardSceneForViewers = true;
+    });
+
+    describe('when user can edit a dashboard ', () => {
+      it('should not render DashboardScenePage if route is Home', async () => {
+        getDashboardScenePageStateManager().setDashboardCache(DashboardRoutes.Home, dashMockEditable);
+        act(() => {
+          setup({
+            route: { routeName: DashboardRoutes.Home, component: () => null, path: '/' },
+            match: { params: {}, isExact: true, path: '/', url: '/' },
+          });
+        });
+
+        await waitFor(() => {
+          expect(screen.queryAllByTestId('dashboard-scene-page')).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should not render DashboardScenePage if route is Normal and has uid', async () => {
+        getDashboardScenePageStateManager().setDashboardCache('abc-def', dashMockEditable);
+        act(() => {
+          setup({
+            route: { routeName: DashboardRoutes.Normal, component: () => null, path: '/' },
+            match: { params: { uid: 'abc-def' }, isExact: true, path: '/', url: '/' },
+          });
+        });
+        await waitFor(() => {
+          expect(screen.queryAllByTestId('dashboard-scene-page')).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when user can only view a dashboard ', () => {
+      it('should render DashboardScenePage if route is Home', async () => {
+        getDashboardScenePageStateManager().setDashboardCache(DashboardRoutes.Home, dashMock);
+        act(() => {
+          setup({
+            route: { routeName: DashboardRoutes.Home, component: () => null, path: '/' },
+            match: { params: {}, isExact: true, path: '/', url: '/' },
+          });
+        });
+
+        await waitFor(() => {
+          expect(screen.queryAllByTestId('dashboard-scene-page')).toHaveLength(1);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should render DashboardScenePage if route is Normal and has uid', async () => {
+        getDashboardScenePageStateManager().setDashboardCache('abc-def', dashMock);
+        act(() => {
+          setup({
+            route: { routeName: DashboardRoutes.Normal, component: () => null, path: '/' },
+            match: { params: { uid: 'abc-def' }, isExact: true, path: '/', url: '/' },
+          });
+        });
+        await waitFor(() => {
+          expect(screen.queryAllByTestId('dashboard-scene-page')).toHaveLength(1);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..019eedfe11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
+
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
+import DashboardScenePage from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePage';
+import { getDashboardScenePageStateManager } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager';
+import { DashboardRoutes } from 'app/types';
+
+import DashboardPage from './DashboardPage';
+import { DashboardPageRouteParams, DashboardPageRouteSearchParams } from './types';
+
+export type DashboardPageProxyProps = GrafanaRouteComponentProps<
+  DashboardPageRouteParams,
+  DashboardPageRouteSearchParams
+>;
+
+// This proxy component is used for Dashboard -> Scenes migration.
+// It will render DashboardScenePage if the user is only allowed to view the dashboard.
+function DashboardPageProxy(props: DashboardPageProxyProps) {
+  const stateManager = getDashboardScenePageStateManager();
+  const isScenesSupportedRoute = Boolean(
+    props.route.routeName === DashboardRoutes.Home ||
+      (props.route.routeName === DashboardRoutes.Normal && props.match.params.uid)
+  );
+
+  // We pre-fetch dashboard to render dashboard page component depending on dashboard permissions.
+  // To avoid querying single dashboard multiple times, stateManager.fetchDashboard uses a simple, short-lived cache.
+  const dashboard = useAsync(async () => {
+    const dashToFetch = props.route.routeName === DashboardRoutes.Home ? props.route.routeName : props.match.params.uid;
+
+    if (!dashToFetch) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return stateManager.fetchDashboard(dashToFetch);
+  }, [props.match.params.uid, props.route.routeName]);
+
+  if (!config.featureToggles.dashboardSceneForViewers) {
+    return <DashboardPage {...props} />;
+  }
+
+  if (dashboard.loading) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (dashboard.value && !dashboard.value.meta.canEdit && isScenesSupportedRoute) {
+    return <DashboardScenePage {...props} />;
+  } else {
+    return <DashboardPage {...props} />;
+  }
+}
+
+export default DashboardPageProxy;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/types.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7416f6f104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export interface DashboardPageRouteParams {
+  uid?: string;
+  type?: string;
+  slug?: string;
+  accessToken?: string;
+}
+
+export type DashboardPageRouteSearchParams = {
+  tab?: string;
+  folderUid?: string;
+  editPanel?: string;
+  viewPanel?: string;
+  editview?: string;
+  addWidget?: boolean;
+  panelType?: string;
+  inspect?: string;
+  from?: string;
+  to?: string;
+  refresh?: string;
+  kiosk?: string | true;
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts
index b11de1ddeda..c55aa2f99de 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getBackendSrv, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import impressionSrv from 'app/core/services/impression_srv';
 import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
+import { getDashboardScenePageStateManager } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager';
 import { getDatasourceSrv } from 'app/features/plugins/datasource_srv';
 import { DashboardDataDTO, DashboardDTO, DashboardMeta } from 'app/types';
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export class DashboardLoaderSrv {
   }
 
   loadDashboard(type: UrlQueryValue, slug: string | undefined, uid: string | undefined): Promise<DashboardDTO> {
+    const stateManager = getDashboardScenePageStateManager();
     let promise;
 
     if (type === 'script' && slug) {
@@ -71,6 +73,11 @@ export class DashboardLoaderSrv {
           };
         });
     } else if (uid) {
+      const cachedDashboard = stateManager.getFromCache(uid);
+      if (cachedDashboard) {
+        return Promise.resolve(cachedDashboard);
+      }
+
       promise = backendSrv
         .getDashboardByUid(uid)
         .then((result) => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
index eae608bdaa2..5e1b81415ec 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { newBrowseDashboardsEnabled } from 'app/features/browse-dashboards/featu
 import { dashboardLoaderSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv';
 import { DashboardSrv, getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
 import { getTimeSrv, TimeSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
+import { getDashboardScenePageStateManager } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager';
 import { getFolderByUid } from 'app/features/folders/state/actions';
 import { dashboardWatcher } from 'app/features/live/dashboard/dashboardWatcher';
 import { playlistSrv } from 'app/features/playlist/PlaylistSrv';
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ async function fetchDashboard(
   try {
     switch (args.routeName) {
       case DashboardRoutes.Home: {
+        const stateManager = getDashboardScenePageStateManager();
+        const cachedDashboard = stateManager.getFromCache(DashboardRoutes.Home);
+
+        if (cachedDashboard) {
+          return cachedDashboard;
+        }
+
         // load home dash
         const dashDTO: DashboardDTO = await backendSrv.get('/api/dashboards/home');
 
diff --git a/public/app/routes/routes.tsx b/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
index 5814ad5ce5a..91910b4a96a 100644
--- a/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
+++ b/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function getAppRoutes(): RouteDescriptor[] {
       pageClass: 'page-dashboard',
       routeName: DashboardRoutes.Home,
       component: SafeDynamicImport(
-        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPage" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage')
+        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPageProxy" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy')
       ),
     },
     {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function getAppRoutes(): RouteDescriptor[] {
       pageClass: 'page-dashboard',
       routeName: DashboardRoutes.Normal,
       component: SafeDynamicImport(
-        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPage" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage')
+        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPageProxy" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy')
       ),
     },
     {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function getAppRoutes(): RouteDescriptor[] {
       pageClass: 'page-dashboard',
       routeName: DashboardRoutes.New,
       component: SafeDynamicImport(
-        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPage" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage')
+        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPage" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy')
       ),
     },
     {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function getAppRoutes(): RouteDescriptor[] {
       pageClass: 'page-dashboard',
       routeName: DashboardRoutes.Normal,
       component: SafeDynamicImport(
-        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPage" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage')
+        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "DashboardPage" */ '../features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPageProxy')
       ),
     },
     {
diff --git a/public/dashboards/home.json b/public/dashboards/home.json
index 821a7eaa35a..d9e24324df7 100644
--- a/public/dashboards/home.json
+++ b/public/dashboards/home.json
@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@
         "x": 0,
         "y": 4
       },
-      "headings": true,
       "id": 3,
-      "limit": 30,
       "links": [],
-      "options": {},
-      "query": "",
-      "recent": true,
-      "search": false,
-      "starred": true,
-      "tags": [],
+      "options": {
+        "showStarred": true,
+        "showRecentlyViewed": true,
+        "showSearch": false,
+        "showHeadings": true,
+        "folderId": 0,
+        "maxItems": 30,
+        "tags":[],
+        "query": ""
+      }, 
       "title": "Dashboards",
       "type": "dashlist"
     },