diff --git a/FortiProxy/Active-Active/createUiDefinition.json b/FortiProxy/Active-Active/createUiDefinition.json
index a2e790f6..3969a290 100644
--- a/FortiProxy/Active-Active/createUiDefinition.json
+++ b/FortiProxy/Active-Active/createUiDefinition.json
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@
               "hideNone": false,
               "hideDomainNameLabel": true
             },
-            "visible": true
+            "visible": "[steps('publicip').externalLoadBalancer.enabled]"
           },
           {
             "name": "standardsku",
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
               "icon": "Error",
               "text": "The External Load Balancer Public IP is configured using Basic SKU. Please return to previous blade and use Standard type public IPs to support Azure Standard Load Balancers"
             },
-            "visible": "[not(equals(steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.sku, 'Standard'))]"
+            "visible": "[and(steps('publicip').externalLoadBalancer.enabled,not(equals(steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.sku, 'Standard')))]"
           },
           {
             "name": "StandardIPConfirmation1",
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
               "icon": "Info",
               "text": "The External Load Balancer Public IP is Standard SKU. Proceed."
             },
-            "visible": "[equals(steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.sku, 'Standard')]"
+            "visible": "[and(steps('publicip').externalLoadBalancer.enabled,equals(steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.sku, 'Standard'))]"
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@
       "externalLoadBalancer": "[bool(steps('publicip').externalLoadBalancer.enabled)]",
       "availabilityOptions": "[steps('instance').availabilityOptions.availabilityOptions]",
       "acceleratedNetworking": "[steps('networking').acceleratednetworksection.acceleratednetworking]",
-      "publicIP1NewOrExisting": "[steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.newOrExistingOrNone]",
+      "publicIP1NewOrExistingOrNone": "[steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.newOrExistingOrNone]",
       "publicIP1Name": "[steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.name]",
       "publicIP1ResourceGroup": "[steps('publicip').loadbalancerpublicip.resourceGroup]",
       "vnetNewOrExisting": "[steps('networking').virtualnetworksection.virtualnetwork.newOrExisting]",
diff --git a/FortiProxy/Active-Active/mainTemplate.json b/FortiProxy/Active-Active/mainTemplate.json
index f2d5ae3c..12ddf12e 100644
--- a/FortiProxy/Active-Active/mainTemplate.json
+++ b/FortiProxy/Active-Active/mainTemplate.json
@@ -161,12 +161,13 @@
         "description": "Accelerated Networking enables direct connection between the VM and network card. Only available on 2 CPU F/Fs and 4 CPU D/Dsv2, D/Dsv3, E/Esv3, Fsv2, Lsv2, Ms/Mms and Ms/Mmsv2"
       }
     },
-    "publicIP1NewOrExisting": {
+    "publicIP1NewOrExistingOrNone": {
       "type": "string",
       "defaultValue": "new",
       "allowedValues": [
         "new",
-        "existing"
+        "existing",
+        "none"
       ],
       "metadata": {
         "description": "Public IP for the Load Balancer for inbound and outbound data of the FortiProxy VMs"
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@
     "customDataFooter": "\n--12345--\n",
     "serialConsoleEnabled": "[if(equals(parameters('serialConsole'),'yes'),'true','false')]",
     "publicIP1Name": "[if(equals(parameters('publicIP1Name'),''),concat(parameters('fortiProxyNamePrefix'),'-fpx-pip'),parameters('publicIP1Name'))]",
-    "publicIP1Id": "[if(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExisting'),'new'),resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIP1Name')),resourceId(parameters('publicIP1ResourceGroup'),'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIP1Name')))]",
+    "publicIP1Id": "[if(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExistingOrNone'),'new'),resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIP1Name')),resourceId(parameters('publicIP1ResourceGroup'),'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIP1Name')))]",
     "sn1CidrObject": "[parseCidr(parameters('subnet1Prefix'))]",
     "sn1Octets4": "[split(variables('sn1CidrObject').firstUsable,'.')]",
     "sn1IPStartAddress": "[split(parameters('subnet1StartAddress'),'.')]",
@@ -705,7 +706,7 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "condition": "[and(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExisting'), 'new'),parameters('externalLoadBalancer'))]",
+      "condition": "[and(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExistingOrNone'), 'new'),parameters('externalLoadBalancer'))]",
       "type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses",
       "name": "[variables('publicIP1Name')]",
       "apiVersion": "2022-01-01",
@@ -1053,11 +1054,11 @@
   "outputs": {
     "fortiProxyPublicIP": {
       "type": "string",
-      "value": "[if(and(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExisting'), 'new'),parameters('externalLoadBalancer')), reference(variables('publicIP1Id')).ipAddress, '')]"
+      "value": "[if(and(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExistingOrNone'), 'new'),parameters('externalLoadBalancer')), reference(variables('publicIP1Id')).ipAddress, '')]"
     },
     "fortiProxyFQDN": {
       "type": "string",
-      "value": "[if(and(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExisting'), 'new'),parameters('externalLoadBalancer')), reference(variables('publicIP1Id')).dnsSettings.fqdn, '' )]"
+      "value": "[if(and(equals(parameters('publicIP1NewOrExistingOrNone'), 'new'),parameters('externalLoadBalancer')), reference(variables('publicIP1Id')).dnsSettings.fqdn, '' )]"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/FortiProxy/Active-Active/test/azuredeploy.tests.ps1 b/FortiProxy/Active-Active/test/azuredeploy.tests.ps1
index 9b09a6b4..182722e5 100644
--- a/FortiProxy/Active-Active/test/azuredeploy.tests.ps1
+++ b/FortiProxy/Active-Active/test/azuredeploy.tests.ps1
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Describe 'FPX A/A' {
                                           'instanceType',
                                           'location',
                                           'publicIP1Name',
-                                          'publicIP1NewOrExisting',
+                                          'publicIP1NewOrExistingOrNone',
                                           'publicIP1ResourceGroup',
                                           'serialConsole',
                                           'subnet1Name',