diff --git a/base/constant.go b/base/constant.go
index 3a1f5efa..86dca389 100644
--- a/base/constant.go
+++ b/base/constant.go
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ var ErrorInvalidColNamespaceFormat = fmt.Errorf("Invalid CollectionNamespace for
 var ErrorCAPIDeprecated = errors.New("CAPI replication mode is now deprecated")
 var ReplicationSpecNotFoundErrorMessage = "requested resource not found"
 var ReplNotFoundErr = errors.New(ReplicationSpecNotFoundErrorMessage)
+var ErrorExplicitMappingEnterpriseOnly = errors.New("Explicit Mapping is supported in Enterprise Edition only")
 
 func GetBackfillFatalDataLossError(specId string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("%v experienced fatal error when trying to create backfill request. To prevent data loss, the pipeline must restream from the beginning", specId)
diff --git a/metadata/replicationSettings_test.go b/metadata/replicationSettings_test.go
index 66be890b..35986877 100644
--- a/metadata/replicationSettings_test.go
+++ b/metadata/replicationSettings_test.go
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ func TestValidateSettingExpDelFlagPersist(t *testing.T) {
 	var valArr []string = []string{"true"}
 	var key string = FilterExpKey
 	checkValArr := valArr[0]
-	retKey, retValArr, err := helper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+	retKey, retValArr, err := helper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, false)
 	assert.Equal(base.FilterExpDelKey, retKey)
 	assert.NotEqual(retValArr[0], checkValArr)
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	assert.Equal(retValArr[0], base.FilterExpDelSkipExpiration.String())
 	key = FilterDelKey
 	valArr[0] = "true"
-	retKey, retValArr, err = helper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+	retKey, retValArr, err = helper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, false)
 	var checkVal base.FilterExpDelType
 	checkVal.SetSkipDeletes(true)
 	checkVal.SetSkipExpiration(true)
@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ func TestMultiValueHelperCheckAndConvert(t *testing.T) {
 	// Assuming user passes in 2 flags, skipDel and skipExp
 	key := FilterExpKey
 	valArr = append(valArr, "true")
-	key, valArr, err := mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+	key, valArr, err := mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, false)
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	assert.NotEqual(FilterExpKey, key)
 	assert.NotEqual("true", valArr[0])
 	key = FilterDelKey
 	valArr[0] = "true"
-	key, valArr, err = mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+	key, valArr, err = mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, false)
 	assert.Nil(err)
 
 	// test export to settingsmap
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ func TestMultiValueHelperCheckAndConvert(t *testing.T) {
 	mvHelper = NewMultiValueHelper()
 	key = FilterExpKey
 	valArr[0] = "false"
-	mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+	mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, false)
 	key = FilterDelKey
 	valArr[0] = "true"
-	mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+	mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, false)
 	key = BypassExpiryKey
 	valArr[0] = "false"
-	mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+	mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, false)
 	mvHelper.ExportToSettingsMap(settingsMap)
 	assert.Equal(1, len(settingsMap))
 	replSettings.UpdateSettingsFromMap(settingsMap)
diff --git a/metadata/replication_settings.go b/metadata/replication_settings.go
index a1a18e78..0c107775 100644
--- a/metadata/replication_settings.go
+++ b/metadata/replication_settings.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func NewMultiValueHelper() *ReplicationMultiValueHelper {
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *ReplicationMultiValueHelper) CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key string, valArr []string) (restKey string, outValArr []string, err error) {
+func (r *ReplicationMultiValueHelper) CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key string, valArr []string, isEnterprise bool) (restKey string, outValArr []string, err error) {
 	var settingsConfigKey string
 	var newVal interface{}
 	for k, v := range MultiValueMap {
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (r *ReplicationMultiValueHelper) CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key string, valA
 		r.activeConfig[settingsConfigKey] = newVal
 		outValArr[0] = newVal.(base.FilterExpDelType).String()
 	case CollectionsMgtMultiKey:
-		newVal, err = r.handleCollectionsMgtKey(r.activeConfig[settingsConfigKey].(base.CollectionsMgtType), key, valArr[0])
+		newVal, err = r.handleCollectionsMgtKey(r.activeConfig[settingsConfigKey].(base.CollectionsMgtType), key, valArr[0], isEnterprise)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func (r *ReplicationMultiValueHelper) CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key string, valA
 	return
 }
 
-func (r *ReplicationMultiValueHelper) handleCollectionsMgtKey(curConfig base.CollectionsMgtType, key, val string) (retVal interface{}, err error) {
+func (r *ReplicationMultiValueHelper) handleCollectionsMgtKey(curConfig base.CollectionsMgtType, key, val string, enterprise bool) (retVal interface{}, err error) {
 	boolVal, err := r.parseBoolAndMarkSet(key, val)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -318,10 +318,18 @@ func (r *ReplicationMultiValueHelper) handleCollectionsMgtKey(curConfig base.Col
 
 	switch key {
 	case CollectionsMgtMappingKey:
+		if !enterprise && boolVal {
+			err = base.ErrorExplicitMappingEnterpriseOnly
+			return
+		}
 		curConfig.SetExplicitMapping(boolVal)
 	case CollectionsMgtMirrorKey:
 		curConfig.SetMirroring(boolVal)
 	case CollectionsMgtMigrateKey:
+		if !enterprise && boolVal {
+			err = base.ErrorColMigrationEnterpriseOnly
+			return
+		}
 		curConfig.SetMigration(boolVal)
 	case CollectionsMgtOsoKey:
 		curConfig.SetOSO(boolVal)
diff --git a/replication_manager/msg_utils.go b/replication_manager/msg_utils.go
index 2fff94b5..5cac0930 100644
--- a/replication_manager/msg_utils.go
+++ b/replication_manager/msg_utils.go
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ func DecodeSettingsFromRequest(request *http.Request, isDefaultSettings bool, is
 	}
 
 	for key, valArr := range request.Form {
-		key, valArr, err := mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr)
+		key, valArr, err := mvHelper.CheckAndConvertMultiValue(key, valArr, isEnterprise)
 		if err != nil {
 			errorsMap[key] = err
 			continue