diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac2801d6..212f6127 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ Agents provisioned before this release need `Agent365.Observability.OtelWrite` g
 - Agent registration endpoint promoted from `/stagingbeta/copilot/agentRegistrations` to `/beta/copilot/agentRegistrations`
 
 ### Removed
+- `a365 create-instance` command — temporarily removed due to differences in instance creation via Teams and CLI.
 - `a365 deploy` command (`deploy app`, `deploy mcp`) — Azure App Service hosting is no longer managed by the CLI. Provide a `messagingEndpoint` in `a365.config.json` pointing to your externally hosted agent.
 - `a365 setup infrastructure` subcommand — Azure App Service and App Service Plan provisioning has been removed. Hosting infrastructure must be provisioned externally before running `a365 setup all`.
 - Config properties `subscriptionId`, `resourceGroup`, `appServicePlanName`, `appServicePlanSku`, `webAppName`, `needDeployment`, `location` — removed from `a365.config.json`. Generated config properties `deploymentLastTimestamp`, `deploymentLastStatus`, `deploymentLastCommitHash`, `deploymentLastBuildId` have also been removed.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/PublishCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/PublishCommand.cs
index 5a2ccf1c..cbf6659c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/PublishCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/PublishCommand.cs
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ public static Command CreateCommand(
 
         var aiTeammateOption = new Option<bool?>(
             "--aiteammate",
-            description: "true = AI Teammate agent: setup provisions blueprint and permissions only;\n" +
-                        "      run 'a365 create-instance' separately to create the agent identity SP and Entra user.\n" +
+            description: "true = AI Teammate agent: setup provisions blueprint and permissions only.\n" +
                         "false = blueprint-only agent: setup auto-creates agent identity SP; no Entra user (default)\n" +
                         "Overrides the aiTeammate field in a365.config.json");
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/QueryEntraCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/QueryEntraCommand.cs
index 5f114cf3..1a8f3a74 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/QueryEntraCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/QueryEntraCommand.cs
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ private static Command CreateInstanceScopesSubcommand(
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    logger.LogError("No agent identity found in configuration. Please run 'a365 create-instance' first.");
+                    logger.LogError("No agent identity found in configuration. Please create an agent instance first.");
                     logger.LogInformation("An agent identity must be created before you can query OAuth2 grants.");
                     context.ExitCode = 1;
                     return;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/SetupSubcommands/AllSubcommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/SetupSubcommands/AllSubcommand.cs
index 3ba09fa9..5920f52e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/SetupSubcommands/AllSubcommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Commands/SetupSubcommands/AllSubcommand.cs
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ public static Command CreateCommand(
 
         var aiTeammateOption = new Option<bool>(
             "--aiteammate",
-            description: "AI Teammate agent: setup provisions blueprint and permissions only;\n" +
-                        "run 'a365 create-instance' separately to create the agent identity SP and Entra user.\n" +
+            description: "AI Teammate agent: setup provisions blueprint and permissions only.\n" +
                         "Omit for blueprint-only agent (default): setup auto-creates agent identity SP; no Entra user.\n" +
                         "Overrides the aiTeammate field in a365.config.json");
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Models/Agent365Config.cs b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Models/Agent365Config.cs
index dfe30532..fa9afa1c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Models/Agent365Config.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Models/Agent365Config.cs
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ private static void ValidateAuthMode(string? value, List<string> errors)
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Controls which setup and publish flow is used.
-    /// true (default) = AI Teammate agent: setup all provisions blueprint and permissions only;
-    ///   agent identity SP and Entra user are created separately via 'a365 create-instance'.
+    /// true (default) = AI Teammate agent: setup all provisions blueprint and permissions only.
     /// false = blueprint-only agent: setup all auto-creates agent identity SP; no Entra user. Two variants:
     ///   - UseBlueprint = false: App Registration + Azure Bot, no blueprint.
     ///   - UseBlueprint = true:  Blueprint-only non-DW flow (Agent Identity Blueprint + Agent Instance).
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Program.cs b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Program.cs
index 75b5c1d0..cc780cff 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli/Program.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ await Task.WhenAll(
 
             // Get loggers and services
             var setupLogger = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<SetupCommand>>();
-            var createInstanceLogger = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<CreateInstanceCommand>>();
             var queryEntraLogger = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<QueryEntraCommand>>();
             var cleanupLogger = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<CleanupCommand>>();
             var publishLogger = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<PublishCommand>>();
@@ -150,9 +149,6 @@ await Task.WhenAll(
             var confirmationProvider = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IConfirmationProvider>();
             rootCommand.AddCommand(SetupCommand.CreateCommand(setupLogger, configService, executor,
                 backendConfigurator, azureAuthValidator, platformDetector, graphApiService, agentBlueprintService, blueprintLookupService, federatedCredentialService, clientAppValidator, confirmationProvider, armApiService, resolver: bootstrapResolver));
-            rootCommand.AddCommand(CreateInstanceCommand.CreateCommand(createInstanceLogger, configService, executor,
-                graphApiService, resolver: bootstrapResolver));
-
             var manifestTemplateService = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ManifestTemplateService>();
             rootCommand.AddCommand(QueryEntraCommand.CreateCommand(queryEntraLogger, configService, executor, graphApiService, agentBlueprintService, resolver: bootstrapResolver));
             rootCommand.AddCommand(CleanupCommand.CreateCommand(cleanupLogger, configService, backendConfigurator, executor, agentBlueprintService, confirmationProvider, federatedCredentialService, azureAuthValidator, graphApiService, resolver: bootstrapResolver));