diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index d323fe5b2f5..17e26b00966 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -502,8 +502,8 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "2"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "3"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "4"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "5"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "4"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "5"]
     ],
     "packages/grafana-runtime/src/services/EchoSrv.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
diff --git a/e2e-playwright/smoke-tests-suite/panels.spec.ts b/e2e-playwright/smoke-tests-suite/panels.spec.ts
index c65bd0d28ce..822b0ad90b4 100644
--- a/e2e-playwright/smoke-tests-suite/panels.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-playwright/smoke-tests-suite/panels.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { BootData } from '@grafana/data';
 import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
-import { GrafanaBootConfig } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 test.describe(
   'Panels smokescreen',
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test.describe(
       const panelTypes = await page.evaluate(() => {
         // @grafana/plugin-e2e doesn't export the full bootdata config
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
-        const win = window as typeof window & { grafanaBootData: GrafanaBootConfig['bootData'] };
+        const win = window as typeof window & { grafanaBootData: BootData };
         return win.grafanaBootData?.settings?.panels ?? {};
       });
 
diff --git a/e2e/old-arch/smoke-tests-suite/panels_smokescreen.spec.ts b/e2e/old-arch/smoke-tests-suite/panels_smokescreen.spec.ts
index 4e546c88e1b..36f091803d7 100644
--- a/e2e/old-arch/smoke-tests-suite/panels_smokescreen.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/old-arch/smoke-tests-suite/panels_smokescreen.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GrafanaBootConfig } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { BootData } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { e2e } from '../utils';
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('Panels smokescreen', () => {
       visitDashboardAtStart: false,
     });
 
-    cy.window().then((win: Cypress.AUTWindow & { grafanaBootData: GrafanaBootConfig['bootData'] }) => {
+    cy.window().then((win: Cypress.AUTWindow & { grafanaBootData: BootData }) => {
       // Loop through every panel type and ensure no crash
       Object.entries(win.grafanaBootData.settings.panels).forEach(([_, panel]) => {
         // TODO: Remove Flame Graph check as part of addressing #66803
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts
index c530b03a6aa..d1d302275d1 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/index.ts
@@ -451,8 +451,11 @@ export { getLinksSupplier } from './field/fieldOverrides';
 // Types
 export { isUnsignedPluginSignature } from './types/pluginSignature';
 export type {
+  AzureSettings,
+  AzureCloudInfo,
   CurrentUserDTO,
   AnalyticsSettings,
+  AppPluginConfig,
   BootData,
   OAuth,
   OAuthSettings,
@@ -460,6 +463,8 @@ export type {
   GrafanaConfig,
   BuildInfo,
   LicenseInfo,
+  PreinstalledPlugin,
+  UnifiedAlertingConfig,
 } from './types/config';
 export { availableIconsIndex, type IconName, isIconName, toIconName } from './types/icon';
 export type { WithAccessControlMetadata } from './types/accesscontrol';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.test.ts
index f55bc1fce61..a8259b226d9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.test.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 import { toDataFrame } from '../../dataframe/processDataFrame';
+import { BootData } from '../../types/config';
 import { DataFrame, FieldType } from '../../types/dataFrame';
 import { getFieldMatcher } from '../matchers';
 
 import { FieldMatcherID } from './ids';
 import { ByNamesMatcherMode } from './nameMatcher';
 
-// mock the default window.grafanaBootData settings
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-(window as any).grafanaBootData = {
+window.grafanaBootData = {
   settings: {
     featureToggles: {
       dataplaneFrontendFallback: true,
     },
   },
-};
+} as BootData;
 
 describe('Field Name by Regexp Matcher', () => {
   it('Match all with wildcard regex', () => {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts
index 52d44a36b19..5a344ed4abd 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/matchers/nameMatcher.ts
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ export function fieldNameFallback(fields: Set<string>) {
 
   // grafana-data does not have access to runtime so we are accessing the window object
   // to get access to the feature toggle
-  // eslint-disable-next-line
-  const useMatcherFallback = (window as any)?.grafanaBootData?.settings?.featureToggles?.dataplaneFrontendFallback;
+  const useMatcherFallback = window.grafanaBootData?.settings?.featureToggles?.dataplaneFrontendFallback;
   if (useMatcherFallback) {
     if (fields.has(TIME_SERIES_VALUE_FIELD_NAME)) {
       fallback = (field: Field, frame: DataFrame) => {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/groupingToMatrix.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/groupingToMatrix.ts
index 2a9ae7eb03b..39614c52042 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/groupingToMatrix.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/groupingToMatrix.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ const DEFAULT_EMPTY_VALUE = SpecialValue.Empty;
 
 // grafana-data does not have access to runtime so we are accessing the window object
 // to get access to the feature toggle
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-const supportDataplaneFallback = (window as any)?.grafanaBootData?.settings?.featureToggles?.dataplaneFrontendFallback;
+const supportDataplaneFallback = window.grafanaBootData?.settings?.featureToggles?.dataplaneFrontendFallback;
 
 export const groupingToMatrixTransformer: DataTransformerInfo<GroupingToMatrixTransformerOptions> = {
   id: DataTransformerID.groupingToMatrix,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/utils.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/utils.ts
index 29ac89b29ee..9aa4d96a9e8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/utils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-import { BootData } from '../../types/config';
 import { DataFrame } from '../../types/dataFrame';
 import { SpecialValue } from '../../types/transformations';
 
-declare global {
-  interface Window {
-    grafanaBootData?: BootData;
-  }
-}
 /**
  * Retrieve the maximum number of fields in a series of a dataframe.
  */
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts
index 4c9e91e5c95..2ef0d54b2de 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { SystemDateFormatSettings } from '../datetime/formats';
 import { MapLayerOptions } from '../geo/layer';
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '../themes/types';
 
 import { DataSourceInstanceSettings } from './datasource';
 import { FeatureToggles } from './featureToggles.gen';
@@ -8,9 +7,41 @@ import { IconName } from './icon';
 import { NavLinkDTO } from './navModel';
 import { OrgRole } from './orgs';
 import { PanelPluginMeta } from './panel';
-import { GrafanaTheme } from './theme';
+import { AngularMeta, PluginDependencies, PluginExtensions, PluginLoadingStrategy } from './plugin';
 import { TimeOption } from './time';
 
+export interface AzureSettings {
+  cloud?: string;
+  clouds?: AzureCloudInfo[];
+  managedIdentityEnabled: boolean;
+  workloadIdentityEnabled: boolean;
+  userIdentityEnabled: boolean;
+  userIdentityFallbackCredentialsEnabled: boolean;
+  azureEntraPasswordCredentialsEnabled: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface AzureCloudInfo {
+  name: string;
+  displayName: string;
+}
+
+export type AppPluginConfig = {
+  id: string;
+  path: string;
+  version: string;
+  preload: boolean;
+  angular: AngularMeta;
+  loadingStrategy: PluginLoadingStrategy;
+  dependencies: PluginDependencies;
+  extensions: PluginExtensions;
+  moduleHash?: string;
+};
+
+export type PreinstalledPlugin = {
+  id: string;
+  version: string;
+};
+
 /**
  * Describes the build information that will be available via the Grafana configuration.
  *
@@ -21,7 +52,9 @@ export interface BuildInfo {
   version: string;
   // Version to show in the UI instead of version
   versionString: string;
+  buildstamp: number;
   commit: string;
+  commitShort: string;
   env: string;
   edition: GrafanaEdition;
   latestVersion: string;
@@ -108,8 +141,9 @@ export interface AnalyticsSettings {
   intercomIdentifier?: string;
 }
 
-/** Current user info included in bootData
- *
+/**
+ * Current user info included in bootData.
+ * Corresponds to `window.grafanaBootData.user`
  * @internal
  */
 export interface CurrentUserDTO {
@@ -139,8 +173,9 @@ export interface CurrentUserDTO {
   lightTheme: boolean;
 }
 
-/** Contains essential user and config info
- *
+/**
+ * Contains essential user and config info.
+ * Corresponds to `window.grafanaBootData`.
  * @internal
  */
 export interface BootData {
@@ -155,21 +190,26 @@ export interface BootData {
 
 /**
  * Describes all the different Grafana configuration values available for an instance.
- *
+ * Corresponds to `window.grafanaBootData.settings`.
+ * If you want to access these values, use the `config` object from `@grafana/runtime`.
  * @internal
  */
 export interface GrafanaConfig {
-  publicDashboardAccessToken?: string;
+  publicDashboardAccessToken: string;
   publicDashboardsEnabled: boolean;
   snapshotEnabled: boolean;
   datasources: { [str: string]: DataSourceInstanceSettings };
   panels: { [key: string]: PanelPluginMeta };
+  apps: Record<string, AppPluginConfig>;
   auth: AuthSettings;
   minRefreshInterval: string;
+  appUrl: string;
   appSubUrl: string;
+  azure: AzureSettings;
+  jwtHeaderName: string;
+  jwtUrlLogin: boolean;
   windowTitlePrefix: string;
   buildInfo: BuildInfo;
-  bootData: BootData;
   externalUserMngLinkUrl: string;
   externalUserMngLinkName: string;
   externalUserMngInfo: string;
@@ -178,6 +218,8 @@ export interface GrafanaConfig {
   allowOrgCreate: boolean;
   disableLoginForm: boolean;
   defaultDatasource: string;
+  defaultDatasourceManageAlertsUIToggle: boolean;
+  defaultAllowRecordingRulesTargetAlertsUIToggle: boolean;
   authProxyEnabled: boolean;
   exploreEnabled: boolean;
   queryHistoryEnabled: boolean;
@@ -188,6 +230,9 @@ export interface GrafanaConfig {
   sigV4AuthEnabled: boolean;
   azureAuthEnabled: boolean;
   samlEnabled: boolean;
+  samlName: string;
+  awsAllowedAuthProviders: string[];
+  awsAssumeRoleProvided: boolean;
   autoAssignOrg: boolean;
   verifyEmailEnabled: boolean;
   oauth: OAuthSettings;
@@ -201,57 +246,77 @@ export interface GrafanaConfig {
   disableSanitizeHtml: boolean;
   trustedTypesDefaultPolicyEnabled: boolean;
   cspReportOnlyEnabled: boolean;
+  expressionsEnabled: boolean;
   liveEnabled: boolean;
   liveMessageSizeLimit: number;
-  /** @deprecated Use `theme2` instead. */
-  theme: GrafanaTheme;
-  theme2: GrafanaTheme2;
   anonymousEnabled: boolean;
-  anonymousDeviceLimit: number | undefined;
+  anonymousDeviceLimit: number;
   featureToggles: FeatureToggles;
   licenseInfo: LicenseInfo;
   http2Enabled: boolean;
   dateFormats?: SystemDateFormatSettings;
   grafanaJavascriptAgent: GrafanaJavascriptAgentConfig;
-  geomapDefaultBaseLayer?: MapLayerOptions;
-  geomapDisableCustomBaseLayer?: boolean;
+  geomapDefaultBaseLayerConfig?: MapLayerOptions;
+  geomapDisableCustomBaseLayer: boolean;
   unifiedAlertingEnabled: boolean;
   unifiedAlerting: UnifiedAlertingConfig;
   feedbackLinksEnabled: boolean;
   supportBundlesEnabled: boolean;
   secureSocksDSProxyEnabled: boolean;
-  googleAnalyticsId: string | undefined;
-  googleAnalytics4Id: string | undefined;
+  enableFrontendSandboxForPlugins: string[];
+  googleAnalyticsId: string;
+  googleAnalytics4Id: string;
   googleAnalytics4SendManualPageViews: boolean;
-  rudderstackWriteKey: string | undefined;
-  rudderstackDataPlaneUrl: string | undefined;
-  rudderstackSdkUrl: string | undefined;
-  rudderstackConfigUrl: string | undefined;
-  rudderstackIntegrationsUrl: string | undefined;
+  rudderstackWriteKey: string;
+  rudderstackDataPlaneUrl: string;
+  rudderstackSdkUrl: string;
+  rudderstackConfigUrl: string;
+  rudderstackIntegrationsUrl: string;
+  applicationInsightsConnectionString: string;
+  applicationInsightsEndpointUrl: string;
   analyticsConsoleReporting: boolean;
+  rendererAvailable: boolean;
+  rendererVersion: string;
+  rendererDefaultImageWidth: number;
+  rendererDefaultImageHeight: number;
+  rendererDefaultImageScale: number;
   dashboardPerformanceMetrics: string[];
   panelSeriesLimit: number;
   sqlConnectionLimits: SqlConnectionLimits;
-  sharedWithMeFolderUID?: string;
-  rootFolderUID?: string;
-  localFileSystemAvailable?: boolean;
-  cloudMigrationIsTarget?: boolean;
-  listDashboardScopesEndpoint?: string;
-  listScopesEndpoint?: string;
-  reportingStaticContext?: Record<string, string>;
-  exploreDefaultTimeOffset?: string;
-  exploreHideLogsDownload?: boolean;
+  sharedWithMeFolderUID: string;
+  rootFolderUID: string;
+  localFileSystemAvailable: boolean;
+  cloudMigrationIsTarget: boolean;
+  cloudMigrationPollIntervalMs: number;
+  pluginCatalogURL: string;
+  pluginAdminEnabled: boolean;
+  pluginAdminExternalManageEnabled: boolean;
+  pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins: string[];
+  pluginCatalogManagedPlugins: string[];
+  pluginCatalogPreinstalledPlugins: PreinstalledPlugin[];
+  pluginsCDNBaseURL: string;
+  tokenExpirationDayLimit: number;
+  listDashboardScopesEndpoint: string;
+  listScopesEndpoint: string;
+  reportingStaticContext: Record<string, string>;
+  exploreDefaultTimeOffset: string;
+  exploreHideLogsDownload: boolean;
   quickRanges?: TimeOption[];
 
   // The namespace to use for kubernetes apiserver requests
   namespace: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Language used in Grafana's UI. This is after the user's preference (or deteceted locale) is resolved to one of
-   * Grafana's supported language.
-   */
-  language: string | undefined;
-  regionalFormat: string;
+  caching: {
+    enabled: boolean;
+  };
+  recordedQueries: {
+    enabled: boolean;
+  };
+  reporting: {
+    enabled: boolean;
+  };
+  analytics: {
+    enabled: boolean;
+  };
 }
 
 export interface SqlConnectionLimits {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
index d39d1526b5a..ba898a0860e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/config.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 import { merge } from 'lodash';
 
 import {
+  AppPluginConfig as AppPluginConfigGrafanaData,
   AuthSettings,
+  AzureSettings as AzureSettingsGrafanaData,
   BootData,
   BuildInfo,
   DataSourceInstanceSettings,
   FeatureToggles,
-  GrafanaConfig,
   GrafanaTheme,
   GrafanaTheme2,
   LicenseInfo,
   MapLayerOptions,
   OAuthSettings,
   PanelPluginMeta,
+  PreinstalledPlugin as PreinstalledPluginGrafanaData,
   systemDateFormats,
   SystemDateFormatSettings,
   getThemeById,
@@ -21,8 +23,15 @@ import {
   PluginDependencies,
   PluginExtensions,
   TimeOption,
+  UnifiedAlertingConfig,
+  GrafanaConfig,
+  CurrentUserDTO,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use the type from `@grafana/data`
+ */
+// TODO remove in G13
 export interface AzureSettings {
   cloud?: string;
   clouds?: AzureCloudInfo[];
@@ -33,11 +42,19 @@ export interface AzureSettings {
   azureEntraPasswordCredentialsEnabled: boolean;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use the type from `@grafana/data`
+ */
+// TODO remove in G13
 export interface AzureCloudInfo {
   name: string;
   displayName: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use the type from `@grafana/data`
+ */
+// TODO remove in G13
 export type AppPluginConfig = {
   id: string;
   path: string;
@@ -50,25 +67,37 @@ export type AppPluginConfig = {
   moduleHash?: string;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use the type from `@grafana/data`
+ */
+// TODO remove in G13
 export type PreinstalledPlugin = {
   id: string;
   version: string;
 };
 
-export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
+/**
+ * Use to access Grafana config settings in application code.
+ * This takes `window.grafanaBootData.settings` as input and returns a config object.
+ */
+export class GrafanaBootConfig {
   publicDashboardAccessToken?: string;
   publicDashboardsEnabled = true;
   snapshotEnabled = true;
   datasources: { [str: string]: DataSourceInstanceSettings } = {};
   panels: { [key: string]: PanelPluginMeta } = {};
-  apps: Record<string, AppPluginConfig> = {};
+  apps: Record<string, AppPluginConfigGrafanaData> = {};
   auth: AuthSettings = {};
   minRefreshInterval = '';
   appUrl = '';
   appSubUrl = '';
   namespace = 'default';
-  windowTitlePrefix = '';
-  buildInfo: BuildInfo;
+  windowTitlePrefix = 'Grafana - ';
+  buildInfo: BuildInfo = {
+    version: '1.0',
+    commit: '1',
+    env: 'production',
+  } as BuildInfo;
   bootData: BootData;
   externalUserMngLinkUrl = '';
   externalUserMngLinkName = '';
@@ -100,7 +129,7 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   disableUserSignUp = false;
   loginHint = '';
   passwordHint = '';
-  loginError: string | undefined = undefined;
+  loginError?: string;
   viewersCanEdit = false;
   disableSanitizeHtml = false;
   trustedTypesDefaultPolicyEnabled = false;
@@ -112,7 +141,7 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   theme2: GrafanaTheme2;
   featureToggles: FeatureToggles = {};
   anonymousEnabled = false;
-  anonymousDeviceLimit: number | undefined = undefined;
+  anonymousDeviceLimit?: number;
   licenseInfo: LicenseInfo = {} as LicenseInfo;
   rendererAvailable = false;
   rendererVersion = '';
@@ -137,12 +166,12 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   pluginAdminExternalManageEnabled = false;
   pluginCatalogHiddenPlugins: string[] = [];
   pluginCatalogManagedPlugins: string[] = [];
-  pluginCatalogPreinstalledPlugins: PreinstalledPlugin[] = [];
+  pluginCatalogPreinstalledPlugins: PreinstalledPluginGrafanaData[] = [];
   pluginsCDNBaseURL = '';
   expressionsEnabled = false;
   awsAllowedAuthProviders: string[] = [];
   awsAssumeRoleEnabled = false;
-  azure: AzureSettings = {
+  azure: AzureSettingsGrafanaData = {
     managedIdentityEnabled: false,
     workloadIdentityEnabled: false,
     userIdentityEnabled: false,
@@ -155,7 +184,7 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   geomapDefaultBaseLayerConfig?: MapLayerOptions;
   geomapDisableCustomBaseLayer?: boolean;
   unifiedAlertingEnabled = false;
-  unifiedAlerting = {
+  unifiedAlerting: UnifiedAlertingConfig = {
     minInterval: '',
     alertStateHistoryBackend: undefined,
     alertStateHistoryPrimary: undefined,
@@ -176,14 +205,14 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   analytics = {
     enabled: true,
   };
-  googleAnalyticsId: undefined;
-  googleAnalytics4Id: undefined;
+  googleAnalyticsId?: string;
+  googleAnalytics4Id?: string;
   googleAnalytics4SendManualPageViews = false;
-  rudderstackWriteKey: undefined;
-  rudderstackDataPlaneUrl: undefined;
-  rudderstackSdkUrl: undefined;
-  rudderstackConfigUrl: undefined;
-  rudderstackIntegrationsUrl: undefined;
+  rudderstackWriteKey?: string;
+  rudderstackDataPlaneUrl?: string;
+  rudderstackSdkUrl?: string;
+  rudderstackConfigUrl?: string;
+  rudderstackIntegrationsUrl?: string;
   analyticsConsoleReporting = false;
   dashboardPerformanceMetrics: string[] = [];
   panelSeriesLimit = 0;
@@ -194,17 +223,16 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
   };
   defaultDatasourceManageAlertsUiToggle = true;
   defaultAllowRecordingRulesTargetAlertsUiToggle = true;
-
-  tokenExpirationDayLimit: undefined;
+  tokenExpirationDayLimit?: number;
   enableFrontendSandboxForPlugins: string[] = [];
-  sharedWithMeFolderUID: string | undefined;
-  rootFolderUID: string | undefined;
-  localFileSystemAvailable: boolean | undefined;
-  cloudMigrationIsTarget: boolean | undefined;
+  sharedWithMeFolderUID?: string;
+  rootFolderUID?: string;
+  localFileSystemAvailable?: boolean;
+  cloudMigrationIsTarget?: boolean;
   cloudMigrationPollIntervalMs = 2000;
   reportingStaticContext?: Record<string, string>;
   exploreDefaultTimeOffset = '1h';
-  exploreHideLogsDownload: boolean | undefined;
+  exploreHideLogsDownload?: boolean;
   quickRanges?: TimeOption[];
 
   /**
@@ -218,30 +246,17 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
    * This is the regionalFormat that is used for date formatting and other locale-specific features.
    */
   regionalFormat: string;
+  listDashboardScopesEndpoint = '';
+  listScopesEndpoint = '';
 
-  constructor(options: GrafanaBootConfig) {
+  constructor(
+    options: BootData['settings'] & {
+      bootData: BootData;
+    }
+  ) {
     this.bootData = options.bootData;
 
-    const defaults = {
-      datasources: {},
-      windowTitlePrefix: 'Grafana - ',
-      panels: {},
-      playlist_timespan: '1m',
-      unsaved_changes_warning: true,
-      appUrl: '',
-      appSubUrl: '',
-      buildInfo: {
-        version: '1.0',
-        commit: '1',
-        env: 'production',
-      },
-      viewersCanEdit: false,
-      disableSanitizeHtml: false,
-    };
-
-    merge(this, defaults, options);
-
-    this.buildInfo = options.buildInfo || defaults.buildInfo;
+    merge(this, options);
 
     if (this.dateFormats) {
       systemDateFormats.update(this.dateFormats);
@@ -256,9 +271,6 @@ export class GrafanaBootConfig implements GrafanaConfig {
     this.theme = this.theme2.v1;
     this.regionalFormat = options.bootData.user.regionalFormat;
   }
-  geomapDefaultBaseLayer?: MapLayerOptions<any> | undefined;
-  listDashboardScopesEndpoint?: string | undefined;
-  listScopesEndpoint?: string | undefined;
 }
 
 // localstorage key: grafana.featureToggles
@@ -309,7 +321,7 @@ function overrideFeatureTogglesFromUrl(config: GrafanaBootConfig) {
   });
 }
 
-let bootData = (window as any).grafanaBootData;
+let bootData = window.grafanaBootData;
 
 if (!bootData) {
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
@@ -317,18 +329,25 @@ if (!bootData) {
   }
 
   bootData = {
-    settings: {},
-    user: {},
+    assets: {
+      dark: '',
+      light: '',
+    },
+    settings: {} as GrafanaConfig,
+    user: {} as CurrentUserDTO,
     navTree: [],
   };
 }
 
-const options = bootData.settings;
-options.bootData = bootData;
-
 /**
  * Use this to access the {@link GrafanaBootConfig} for the current running Grafana instance.
  *
  * @public
  */
-export const config = new GrafanaBootConfig(options);
+export const config = new GrafanaBootConfig({
+  ...bootData.settings,
+  // need to separately include bootData here
+  // this allows people to access the user object on config.bootData.user and maintains backwards compatibility
+  // TODO expose a user object (similar to `GrafanaBootConfig`) and deprecate this recursive bootData
+  bootData,
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.tsx
index 99ebf2d3b3a..0207dcb67a8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 
-import { BootData } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 
@@ -23,12 +22,6 @@ export function isWeekStart(value: string): value is WeekStart {
   return ['saturday', 'sunday', 'monday'].includes(value);
 }
 
-declare global {
-  interface Window {
-    grafanaBootData?: BootData;
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns the system or user defined week start (as defined in bootData)
  * Or you can pass in an override weekStart string and have it be validated and returned as WeekStart type if valid
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
index 1d22c988822..de89e5c9263 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { debounce, sortBy } from 'lodash';
 import { Editor, Plugin as SlatePlugin } from 'slate-react';
 
-import { BootData } from '@grafana/data';
-
 import { Typeahead } from '../components/Typeahead/Typeahead';
 import { CompletionItem, SuggestionsState, TypeaheadInput, TypeaheadOutput } from '../types/completion';
 import { SearchFunctionType, SearchFunctionMap } from '../utils/searchFunctions';
@@ -12,12 +10,6 @@ import TOKEN_MARK from './slate-prism/TOKEN_MARK';
 
 export const TYPEAHEAD_DEBOUNCE = 250;
 
-declare global {
-  interface Window {
-    grafanaBootData?: BootData;
-  }
-}
-
 // Commands added to the editor by this plugin.
 interface SuggestionsPluginCommands {
   selectSuggestion: (suggestion: CompletionItem) => Editor;
diff --git a/public/app/app.ts b/public/app/app.ts
index 5c48558c30c..1de53e89c3d 100644
--- a/public/app/app.ts
+++ b/public/app/app.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class GrafanaApp {
 
       // Login redirect requires locationUtil to be initialized
       locationUtil.initialize({
-        config,
+        config: window.grafanaBootData.settings,
         getTimeRangeForUrl: getTimeSrv().timeRangeForUrl,
         getVariablesUrlParams: getVariablesUrlParams,
       });
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/useFoldersQuery.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/useFoldersQuery.test.tsx
index cf0f0f67af1..23460388f4e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/useFoldersQuery.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/useFoldersQuery.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { act, getWrapper, renderHook, waitFor } from 'test/test-utils';
 
-import { GrafanaConfig } from '@grafana/data';
 import * as runtime from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { setupMockServer } from '@grafana/test-utils/server';
 import { getFolderFixtures } from '@grafana/test-utils/unstable';
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ const wrapper = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
 };
 
 describe('useFoldersQuery', () => {
-  let configBackup: GrafanaConfig;
+  let configBackup: runtime.GrafanaBootConfig;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     configBackup = { ...runtime.config };
diff --git a/public/app/core/config.ts b/public/app/core/config.ts
index ac3c63f01c6..6c757c9436a 100644
--- a/public/app/core/config.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { PluginState } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config, GrafanaBootConfig } from '@grafana/runtime';
-export { config, GrafanaBootConfig as Settings };
+export { config, type GrafanaBootConfig as Settings };
 
 let grafanaConfig: GrafanaBootConfig = config;
 
diff --git a/public/app/core/context/GrafanaContext.ts b/public/app/core/context/GrafanaContext.ts
index 1f3bf86372b..edda20034cc 100644
--- a/public/app/core/context/GrafanaContext.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/context/GrafanaContext.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { createContext, useCallback, useContext } from 'react';
 
-import { GrafanaConfig } from '@grafana/data';
-import { LocationService, locationService, BackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { LocationService, locationService, BackendSrv, GrafanaBootConfig } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import { AppChromeService } from '../components/AppChrome/AppChromeService';
 import { NewFrontendAssetsChecker } from '../services/NewFrontendAssetsChecker';
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import { KeybindingSrv } from '../services/keybindingSrv';
 export interface GrafanaContextType {
   backend: BackendSrv;
   location: LocationService;
-  config: GrafanaConfig;
+  config: GrafanaBootConfig;
   chrome: AppChromeService;
   keybindings: KeybindingSrv;
   newAssetsChecker: NewFrontendAssetsChecker;
diff --git a/public/app/core/services/echo/backends/grafana-javascript-agent/GrafanaJavascriptAgentBackend.test.ts b/public/app/core/services/echo/backends/grafana-javascript-agent/GrafanaJavascriptAgentBackend.test.ts
index 6e6188454d8..13d18fb8977 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/echo/backends/grafana-javascript-agent/GrafanaJavascriptAgentBackend.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/echo/backends/grafana-javascript-agent/GrafanaJavascriptAgentBackend.test.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ describe('GrafanaJavascriptAgentEchoBackend', () => {
   });
 
   const buildInfo: BuildInfo = {
+    buildstamp: 12345,
     version: '1.0',
     commit: 'abcd123',
+    commitShort: 'abc',
     env: 'production',
     versionString: 'Grafana v1.0 (abcd123)',
     edition: GrafanaEdition.OpenSource,
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts b/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
index d8d2b5343e9..4701cf7e019 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   LogsSortOrder,
   serializeStateToUrlParam,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { DataQuery } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { RefreshPicker } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { getTimeSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ describe('getExploreUrl', () => {
     afterAll(() => {
       // Reset locationUtil
       locationUtil.initialize({
-        config,
+        config: window.grafanaBootData.settings,
         getTimeRangeForUrl: getTimeSrv().timeRangeForUrl,
         getVariablesUrlParams: getVariablesUrlParams,
       });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/formDefaults.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/formDefaults.test.ts
index 88b3fbed717..8cdff983960 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/formDefaults.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/formDefaults.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { GrafanaConfig } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config, getDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import { mockAlertQuery, mockDataSource, mockReduceExpression, mockThresholdExpression } from '../mocks';
@@ -201,8 +200,7 @@ describe('getDefaultManualRouting', () => {
 });
 
 describe('getDefaultFormValues', () => {
-  // This is for Typescript. GrafanaBootConfig returns narrower types than GrafanaConfig
-  const grafanaConfig: GrafanaConfig = config;
+  const grafanaConfig = config;
   const uaConfig = grafanaConfig.unifiedAlerting;
 
   const mockGetInstanceSettings = jest.fn();
diff --git a/public/app/types/window.d.ts b/public/app/types/window.d.ts
index c1614d622cd..3e31de78bd0 100644
--- a/public/app/types/window.d.ts
+++ b/public/app/types/window.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export declare global {
     __grafana_app_bundle_loaded: boolean;
     __grafana_public_path__: string;
     __grafana_load_failed: () => void;
+    grafanaBootData: import('@grafana/data').BootData;
 
     /**
      * (Potential) wait for API call to fetch boot data and place it on `window.grafanaBootData`.
diff --git a/public/test/mocks/getGrafanaContextMock.ts b/public/test/mocks/getGrafanaContextMock.ts
index fd6aaec843e..64e704986b7 100644
--- a/public/test/mocks/getGrafanaContextMock.ts
+++ b/public/test/mocks/getGrafanaContextMock.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { GrafanaConfig } from '@grafana/data';
-import { LocationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { GrafanaBootConfig, LocationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { AppChromeService } from 'app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeService';
 import { GrafanaContextType } from 'app/core/context/GrafanaContext';
 import { NewFrontendAssetsChecker } from 'app/core/services/NewFrontendAssetsChecker';
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export function getGrafanaContextMock(overrides: Partial<GrafanaContextType> = {
     // eslint-disable-next-line
     location: {} as LocationService,
     // eslint-disable-next-line
-    config: { featureToggles: {} } as GrafanaConfig,
+    config: { featureToggles: {} } as GrafanaBootConfig,
     // eslint-disable-next-line
     keybindings: {
       clearAndInitGlobalBindings: jest.fn(),