diff --git a/src/cli/backup/exchange.go b/src/cli/backup/exchange.go
index 683ca4357..974fa0166 100644
--- a/src/cli/backup/exchange.go
+++ b/src/cli/backup/exchange.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ func addExchangeCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 		flags.AddDisableConcurrencyLimiterFlag(c)
 		flags.AddDeltaPageSizeFlag(c)
 		flags.AddGenericBackupFlags(c)
+		flags.AddDisableSlidingWindowLimiterFlag(c)
 
 	case listCommand:
 		c, fs = utils.AddCommand(cmd, exchangeListCmd())
diff --git a/src/cli/backup/exchange_test.go b/src/cli/backup/exchange_test.go
index 194e6a8d2..b5738dba5 100644
--- a/src/cli/backup/exchange_test.go
+++ b/src/cli/backup/exchange_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func (suite *ExchangeUnitSuite) TestBackupCreateFlags() {
 				"--" + flags.DisableDeltaFN,
 				"--" + flags.EnableImmutableIDFN,
 				"--" + flags.DisableConcurrencyLimiterFN,
+				"--" + flags.DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFN,
 			},
 			flagsTD.PreparedGenericBackupFlags(),
 			flagsTD.PreparedProviderFlags(),
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ func (suite *ExchangeUnitSuite) TestBackupCreateFlags() {
 	assert.True(t, co.ToggleFeatures.DisableDelta)
 	assert.True(t, co.ToggleFeatures.ExchangeImmutableIDs)
 	assert.True(t, co.ToggleFeatures.DisableConcurrencyLimiter)
+	assert.True(t, co.ToggleFeatures.DisableSlidingWindowLimiter)
 	flagsTD.AssertGenericBackupFlags(t, cmd)
 	flagsTD.AssertProviderFlags(t, cmd)
 	flagsTD.AssertStorageFlags(t, cmd)
diff --git a/src/cli/flags/options.go b/src/cli/flags/options.go
index 841e13169..a819938a1 100644
--- a/src/cli/flags/options.go
+++ b/src/cli/flags/options.go
@@ -5,22 +5,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	AlertsFN                    = "alerts"
-	DeltaPageSizeFN             = "delta-page-size"
-	DisableConcurrencyLimiterFN = "disable-concurrency-limiter"
-	DisableDeltaFN              = "disable-delta"
-	DisableIncrementalsFN       = "disable-incrementals"
-	ForceItemDataDownloadFN     = "force-item-data-download"
-	EnableImmutableIDFN         = "enable-immutable-id"
-	FailFastFN                  = "fail-fast"
-	FailedItemsFN               = "failed-items"
-	FetchParallelismFN          = "fetch-parallelism"
-	NoStatsFN                   = "no-stats"
-	RecoveredErrorsFN           = "recovered-errors"
-	NoPermissionsFN             = "no-permissions"
-	RunModeFN                   = "run-mode"
-	SkippedItemsFN              = "skipped-items"
-	SkipReduceFN                = "skip-reduce"
+	AlertsFN                      = "alerts"
+	DeltaPageSizeFN               = "delta-page-size"
+	DisableConcurrencyLimiterFN   = "disable-concurrency-limiter"
+	DisableDeltaFN                = "disable-delta"
+	DisableIncrementalsFN         = "disable-incrementals"
+	ForceItemDataDownloadFN       = "force-item-data-download"
+	EnableImmutableIDFN           = "enable-immutable-id"
+	FailFastFN                    = "fail-fast"
+	FailedItemsFN                 = "failed-items"
+	FetchParallelismFN            = "fetch-parallelism"
+	NoStatsFN                     = "no-stats"
+	RecoveredErrorsFN             = "recovered-errors"
+	NoPermissionsFN               = "no-permissions"
+	RunModeFN                     = "run-mode"
+	SkippedItemsFN                = "skipped-items"
+	SkipReduceFN                  = "skip-reduce"
+	DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFN = "disable-sliding-limiter"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ var (
 	NoStatsFV                   bool
 	// RunMode describes the type of run, such as:
 	// flagtest, dry, run.  Should default to 'run'.
-	RunModeFV       string
-	NoPermissionsFV bool
-	SkipReduceFV    bool
+	RunModeFV                     string
+	NoPermissionsFV               bool
+	SkipReduceFV                  bool
+	DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFV bool
 )
 
 // well-known flag values
@@ -174,3 +176,18 @@ func AddRunModeFlag(cmd *cobra.Command, persistent bool) {
 	fs.StringVar(&RunModeFV, RunModeFN, "run", "What mode to run: dry, test, run.  Defaults to run.")
 	cobra.CheckErr(fs.MarkHidden(RunModeFN))
 }
+
+// AddDisableSlidingWindowLimiterFN disables the experimental sliding window rate
+// limiter for graph API requests. This is only relevant for exchange backups.
+// Exchange restores continue to use the default token bucket rate limiter.
+// Setting this flag switches exchange backups to use the default token bucket
+// rate limiter.
+func AddDisableSlidingWindowLimiterFlag(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	fs := cmd.Flags()
+	fs.BoolVar(
+		&DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFV,
+		DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFN,
+		false,
+		"Disable sliding window rate limiter. Default: false")
+	cobra.CheckErr(fs.MarkHidden(DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFN))
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/utils/options.go b/src/cli/utils/options.go
index fdb92aced..4dfdabced 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils/options.go
+++ b/src/cli/utils/options.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func Control() control.Options {
 	opt.ToggleFeatures.DisableDelta = flags.DisableDeltaFV
 	opt.ToggleFeatures.ExchangeImmutableIDs = flags.EnableImmutableIDFV
 	opt.ToggleFeatures.DisableConcurrencyLimiter = flags.DisableConcurrencyLimiterFV
+	opt.ToggleFeatures.DisableSlidingWindowLimiter = flags.DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFV
 	opt.Parallelism.ItemFetch = flags.FetchParallelismFV
 
 	return opt
diff --git a/src/cli/utils/options_test.go b/src/cli/utils/options_test.go
index 919f33b3a..5b46a3ec3 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils/options_test.go
+++ b/src/cli/utils/options_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func (suite *OptionsUnitSuite) TestAddExchangeCommands() {
 			assert.Equal(t, 2, flags.FetchParallelismFV, flags.FetchParallelismFN)
 			assert.True(t, flags.DisableConcurrencyLimiterFV, flags.DisableConcurrencyLimiterFN)
 			assert.Equal(t, 499, flags.DeltaPageSizeFV, flags.DeltaPageSizeFN)
+			assert.True(t, flags.DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFV, flags.DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFN)
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func (suite *OptionsUnitSuite) TestAddExchangeCommands() {
 	flags.AddFetchParallelismFlag(cmd)
 	flags.AddDisableConcurrencyLimiterFlag(cmd)
 	flags.AddDeltaPageSizeFlag(cmd)
+	flags.AddDisableSlidingWindowLimiterFlag(cmd)
 
 	// Test arg parsing for few args
 	cmd.SetArgs([]string{
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ func (suite *OptionsUnitSuite) TestAddExchangeCommands() {
 		"--" + flags.FetchParallelismFN, "2",
 		"--" + flags.DisableConcurrencyLimiterFN,
 		"--" + flags.DeltaPageSizeFN, "499",
+		"--" + flags.DisableSlidingWindowLimiterFN,
 	})
 
 	err := cmd.Execute()
diff --git a/src/pkg/control/options.go b/src/pkg/control/options.go
index 7db2d9038..b804d63e9 100644
--- a/src/pkg/control/options.go
+++ b/src/pkg/control/options.go
@@ -91,4 +91,11 @@ type Toggles struct {
 	// the protected resource. PreviewBackups are used to demonstrate value by
 	// being quick to create.
 	PreviewBackup bool `json:"previewBackup"`
+
+	// DisableSlidingWindowLimiter disables the experimental sliding window rate
+	// limiter for graph API requests. This is only relevant for exchange backups.
+	// Exchange restores continue to use the default token bucket rate limiter.
+	// Setting this flag switches exchange backups to use the default token bucket
+	// rate limiter.
+	DisableSlidingWindowLimiter bool `json:"disableSlidingWindowLimiter"`
 }