diff --git a/src/ConnectedMode.UnitTests/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManagerTests.cs b/src/ConnectedMode.UnitTests/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManagerTests.cs
index f37065b1b3..dbda0b0cbd 100644
--- a/src/ConnectedMode.UnitTests/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/ConnectedMode.UnitTests/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManagerTests.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using SonarLint.VisualStudio.ConnectedMode.ServerSentEvents;
 using SonarLint.VisualStudio.Core;
 using SonarLint.VisualStudio.Core.Binding;
@@ -89,10 +87,25 @@ public void CreateSessionIfInConnectedMode_WhenInStandaloneModeOnCreation_DoesNo
         testScope.SSESessionFactoryMock.Verify(factory => factory.Create(DefaultProjectKey, It.IsAny<OnSessionFailedAsync>()), Times.Never);
     }
 
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void CreateSessionIfInConnectedMode_WhenConnectedToSonarCloud_DoesNotCreateSession()
+    {
+        var bindingConfig = TestScope.CreateConnectedModeSonarCloudBindingConfiguration(DefaultProjectKey);
+
+        var testScope = new TestScope(bindingConfig);
+
+        var _ = testScope.CreateTestSubject();
+        var testSubject = testScope.CreateTestSubject();
+
+        testSubject.CreateSessionIfInConnectedMode(bindingConfig);
+
+        testScope.SSESessionFactoryMock.Verify(factory => factory.Create(DefaultProjectKey, It.IsAny<OnSessionFailedAsync>()), Times.Never);
+    }
+
     [TestMethod]
     public void CreateSessionIfInConnectedMode_WhenInConnectedModeOnCreation_CreatesSession()
     {
-        var bindingConfig = TestScope.CreateConnectedModeBindingConfiguration(DefaultProjectKey);
+        var bindingConfig = TestScope.CreateConnectedModeSonarQubeBindingConfiguration(DefaultProjectKey);
 
         var testScope = new TestScope(bindingConfig);
         var sessionMock = testScope.SetUpSSEFactoryToReturnNoOpSSESession(DefaultProjectKey);
@@ -158,7 +171,7 @@ public void OnSolutionChanged_WhenChangesFromConnectedToConnected_CancelsSession
     [DataTestMethod]
     public async Task OnSessionFailed_CancelsSessionAndStartsNewOne()
     {
-        var bindingConfig = TestScope.CreateConnectedModeBindingConfiguration(DefaultProjectKey);
+        var bindingConfig = TestScope.CreateConnectedModeSonarQubeBindingConfiguration(DefaultProjectKey);
 
         var testScope = new TestScope(bindingConfig);
 
@@ -256,11 +269,23 @@ public SSESessionManager CreateTestSubject()
                 Mock.Of<ILogger>());
         }
 
-        public static BindingConfiguration CreateConnectedModeBindingConfiguration(string projectKey)
+        public static BindingConfiguration CreateConnectedModeSonarQubeBindingConfiguration(string projectKey)
+        {
+            var sonarQube = new ServerConnection.SonarQube(new Uri("http://localhost"));
+            return CreateConnectedModeBindingConfiguration(projectKey, sonarQube);
+        }
+
+        public static BindingConfiguration CreateConnectedModeSonarCloudBindingConfiguration(string projectKey)
+        {
+            var sonarCloud = new ServerConnection.SonarCloud(projectKey);
+            return CreateConnectedModeBindingConfiguration(projectKey, sonarCloud);
+        }
+
+        private static BindingConfiguration CreateConnectedModeBindingConfiguration(string projectKey, ServerConnection serverConnection)
         {
             var randomString = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
             var bindingConfiguration = new BindingConfiguration(
-                new BoundServerProject(randomString, projectKey, new ServerConnection.SonarQube(new Uri("http://localhost"))),
+                new BoundServerProject(randomString, projectKey, serverConnection),
                 SonarLintMode.Connected,
                 randomString);
             return bindingConfiguration;
@@ -298,7 +323,7 @@ public Mock<ISSESession> SetUpSSEFactoryToReturnNoOpSSESession(string projectKey
 
         public void RaiseInConnectedModeEvent(string projectKey)
         {
-            var openProjectEvent = CreateConnectedModeBindingConfiguration(projectKey);
+            var openProjectEvent = CreateConnectedModeSonarQubeBindingConfiguration(projectKey);
             RaiseSolutionBindingEvent(openProjectEvent);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ConnectedMode/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManager.cs b/src/ConnectedMode/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManager.cs
index 2d0c8bc020..0b08d1cfca 100644
--- a/src/ConnectedMode/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManager.cs
+++ b/src/ConnectedMode/ServerSentEvents/SSESessionManager.cs
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
  * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
-using System;
 using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading;
 using SonarLint.VisualStudio.Core;
 using SonarLint.VisualStudio.Core.Binding;
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ internal sealed class SSESessionManager : IDisposable
         private bool disposed;
 
         [ImportingConstructor]
-        public SSESessionManager(IActiveSolutionBoundTracker activeSolutionBoundTracker, 
+        public SSESessionManager(IActiveSolutionBoundTracker activeSolutionBoundTracker,
             ISSESessionFactory sseSessionFactory,
             ILogger logger)
         {
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ public void CreateSessionIfInConnectedMode(BindingConfiguration bindingConfigura
             lock (syncRoot)
             {
                 EndCurrentSession();
-                
+
                 var isInConnectedMode = !bindingConfiguration.Equals(BindingConfiguration.Standalone);
 
                 if (!isInConnectedMode)
@@ -92,6 +90,12 @@ public void CreateSessionIfInConnectedMode(BindingConfiguration bindingConfigura
                     return;
                 }
 
+                if (bindingConfiguration.Project.ServerConnection is ServerConnection.SonarCloud)
+                {
+                    logger.LogVerbose("[SSESessionManager] Not available for the current server connection");
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 logger.LogVerbose("[SSESessionManager] In connected mode, creating session...");
 
                 currentSession = sseSessionFactory.Create(bindingConfiguration.Project.ServerProjectKey, OnSessionFailedAsync);