diff --git a/.werft/jobs/build/deploy-to-preview-environment.ts b/.werft/jobs/build/deploy-to-preview-environment.ts
index 0a8ffb08727801..1674f30843a385 100644
--- a/.werft/jobs/build/deploy-to-preview-environment.ts
+++ b/.werft/jobs/build/deploy-to-preview-environment.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export async function deployToPreviewEnvironment(werft: Werft, jobConfig: JobCon
             withEELicense: deploymentConfig.installEELicense,
             workspaceFeatureFlags: workspaceFeatureFlags,
             withSlowDatabase: jobConfig.withSlowDatabase,
+            withDedicatedEmulation: jobConfig.withDedicatedEmulation,
         });
         try {
             werft.log(installerSlices.INSTALL, "deploying using installer");
diff --git a/.werft/jobs/build/installer/installer.ts b/.werft/jobs/build/installer/installer.ts
index cd09ad7ed7109a..0dd68f4942329d 100644
--- a/.werft/jobs/build/installer/installer.ts
+++ b/.werft/jobs/build/installer/installer.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export type InstallerOptions = {
     withEELicense: boolean;
     workspaceFeatureFlags: string[];
     withSlowDatabase: boolean;
+    withDedicatedEmulation: boolean;
 };
 
 export class Installer {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export class Installer {
             GITPOD_WORKSPACE_FEATURE_FLAGS: this.options.workspaceFeatureFlags.join(" "),
             GITPOD_WITH_SLOW_DATABASE: this.options.withSlowDatabase,
             GITPOD_WITH_EE_LICENSE: this.options.withEELicense,
+            GITPOD_WITH_DEDICATED_EMU: this.options.withDedicatedEmulation,
         };
         const variables = Object.entries(environment)
             .map(([key, value]) => `${key}="${value}"`)
diff --git a/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts b/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts
index 7314c63f9cdcf4..8d732d810ca98f 100644
--- a/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts
+++ b/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export interface JobConfig {
     withObservability: boolean;
     withLocalPreview: boolean;
     withSlowDatabase: boolean;
+    withDedicatedEmulation: boolean;
     workspaceFeatureFlags: string[];
     previewEnvironment: PreviewEnvironmentConfig;
     repository: Repository;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ export function jobConfig(werft: Werft, context: any): JobConfig {
     const recreatePreview = "recreate-preview" in buildConfig
     const recreateVm = mainBuild || "recreate-vm" in buildConfig;
     const withSlowDatabase = "with-slow-database" in buildConfig && !mainBuild;
+    const withDedicatedEmulation = "with-dedicated-emulation" in buildConfig && !mainBuild;
     const storageClass = buildConfig["storage-class"] || "";
 
     const analytics = parseAnalytics(werft, sliceId, buildConfig["analytics"])
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ export function jobConfig(werft: Werft, context: any): JobConfig {
         recreateVm,
         withSlowDatabase,
         withGitHubActions,
+        withDedicatedEmulation,
     };
 
     werft.logOutput(sliceId, JSON.stringify(jobConfig, null, 2));
diff --git a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh b/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh
index ca9b1f117b3568..7638b351b305f8 100755
--- a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh
+++ b/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ GITPOD_ANALYTICS="${GITPOD_ANALYTICS:-}"
 GITPOD_WITH_EE_LICENSE="${GITPOD_WITH_EE_LICENSE:-true}"
 GITPOD_WORKSPACE_FEATURE_FLAGS="${GITPOD_WORKSPACE_FEATURE_FLAGS:-}"
 GITPOD_WITH_SLOW_DATABASE="${GITPOD_WITH_SLOW_DATABASE:-false}"
+GITPOD_WITH_DEDICATED_EMU="${GITPOD_WITH_DEDICATED_EMU:-false}"
 
 if [[ "${VERSION:-}" == "" ]]; then
   if [[ ! -f  /tmp/local-dev-version ]]; then
@@ -333,24 +334,29 @@ yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" observability.tracing.endpoint "${TRACING_END
 #
 # configureAuthProviders
 #
-for row in $(kubectl --kubeconfig "$DEV_KUBE_PATH" --context "${DEV_KUBE_CONTEXT}" get secret preview-envs-authproviders-harvester --namespace=keys -o jsonpath="{.data.authProviders}" \
-| base64 -d -w 0 \
-| yq r - authProviders -j \
-| jq -r 'to_entries | .[] | @base64'); do
-    key=$(echo "${row}" | base64 -d | jq -r '.key')
-    providerId=$(echo "$row" | base64 -d | jq -r '.value.id | ascii_downcase')
-    data=$(echo "$row" | base64 -d | yq r - value --prettyPrint)
-    yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" authProviders["$key"].kind "secret"
-    yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" authProviders["$key"].name "$providerId"
-
-    kubectl create secret generic "$providerId" \
-        --namespace "${PREVIEW_NAMESPACE}" \
-        --kubeconfig "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_PATH}" \
-        --context "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_CONTEXT}" \
-        --from-literal=provider="$data" \
-        --dry-run=client -o yaml | \
-        kubectl --kubeconfig "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_PATH}" --context "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_CONTEXT}" replace --force -f -
-done
+
+if [[ "${GITPOD_WITH_DEDICATED_EMU}" != "true" ]]
+then
+  for row in $(kubectl --kubeconfig "$DEV_KUBE_PATH" --context "${DEV_KUBE_CONTEXT}" get secret preview-envs-authproviders-harvester --namespace=keys -o jsonpath="{.data.authProviders}" \
+  | base64 -d -w 0 \
+  | yq r - authProviders -j \
+  | jq -r 'to_entries | .[] | @base64'); do
+      key=$(echo "${row}" | base64 -d | jq -r '.key')
+      providerId=$(echo "$row" | base64 -d | jq -r '.value.id | ascii_downcase')
+      data=$(echo "$row" | base64 -d | yq r - value --prettyPrint)
+      yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" authProviders["$key"].kind "secret"
+      yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" authProviders["$key"].name "$providerId"
+
+      kubectl create secret generic "$providerId" \
+          --namespace "${PREVIEW_NAMESPACE}" \
+          --kubeconfig "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_PATH}" \
+          --context "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_CONTEXT}" \
+          --from-literal=provider="$data" \
+          --dry-run=client -o yaml | \
+          kubectl --kubeconfig "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_PATH}" --context "${PREVIEW_K3S_KUBE_CONTEXT}" replace --force -f -
+  done
+fi
+
 
 #
 # configureStripeAPIKeys