diff --git a/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/MongoDB.ConformanceTests.csproj b/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/MongoDB.ConformanceTests.csproj
index 733edea9325d..9f08e3a9a4eb 100644
--- a/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/MongoDB.ConformanceTests.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/MongoDB.ConformanceTests.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
diff --git a/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/Support/MongoTestEnvironment.cs b/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/Support/MongoTestEnvironment.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4dede246c6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/Support/MongoTestEnvironment.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+
+namespace MongoDB.ConformanceTests.Support;
+
+#pragma warning disable CA1810 // Initialize all static fields when those fields are declared
+
+internal static class MongoTestEnvironment
+{
+    public static readonly string? ConnectionUrl;
+
+    public static bool IsConnectionInfoDefined => ConnectionUrl is not null;
+
+    static MongoTestEnvironment()
+    {
+        var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+            .AddJsonFile(path: "testsettings.json", optional: true)
+            .AddJsonFile(path: "testsettings.development.json", optional: true)
+            .AddEnvironmentVariables()
+            .Build();
+
+        var mongoSection = configuration.GetSection("MongoDB");
+        ConnectionUrl = mongoSection["ConnectionURL"];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/Support/MongoTestStore.cs b/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/Support/MongoTestStore.cs
index 75dec3a6d10b..15bea231a726 100644
--- a/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/Support/MongoTestStore.cs
+++ b/dotnet/test/VectorData/MongoDB.ConformanceTests/Support/MongoTestStore.cs
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ internal sealed class MongoTestStore : TestStore
 {
     public static MongoTestStore Instance { get; } = new();
 
-    private readonly MongoDbContainer _container = new MongoDbBuilder()
-        .WithImage("mongodb/mongodb-atlas-local:7.0.6")
-        .Build();
+    private MongoDbContainer? _container;
 
     public MongoClient? _client { get; private set; }
     public IMongoDatabase? _database { get; private set; }
@@ -32,21 +30,40 @@ private MongoTestStore()
 
     protected override async Task StartAsync()
     {
+        var clientSettings = MongoTestEnvironment.IsConnectionInfoDefined
+            ? MongoClientSettings.FromConnectionString(MongoTestEnvironment.ConnectionUrl)
+            : await this.StartMongoDbContainerAsync();
+
+        this._client = new MongoClient(clientSettings);
+        this._database = this._client.GetDatabase("VectorSearchTests");
+        this.DefaultVectorStore = new MongoVectorStore(this._database);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<MongoClientSettings> StartMongoDbContainerAsync()
+    {
+        this._container = new MongoDbBuilder()
+            .WithImage("mongodb/mongodb-atlas-local:7.0.6")
+            .Build();
+
         using CancellationTokenSource cts = new();
         cts.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60));
         await this._container.StartAsync(cts.Token);
 
-        this._client = new MongoClient(new MongoClientSettings
+        return new MongoClientSettings
         {
             Server = new MongoServerAddress(this._container.Hostname, this._container.GetMappedPublicPort(MongoDbBuilder.MongoDbPort)),
             DirectConnection = true,
             // ReadConcern = ReadConcern.Linearizable,
             // WriteConcern = WriteConcern.WMajority
-        });
-        this._database = this._client.GetDatabase("VectorSearchTests");
-        this.DefaultVectorStore = new MongoVectorStore(this._database);
+        };
     }
 
-    protected override Task StopAsync()
-        => this._container.StopAsync();
+    protected override async Task StopAsync()
+    {
+        if (this._container != null)
+        {
+            await this._container.StopAsync();
+            this._container = null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/test/VectorData/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Support/TestStore.cs b/dotnet/test/VectorData/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Support/TestStore.cs
index 719153071515..5094cc215443 100644
--- a/dotnet/test/VectorData/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Support/TestStore.cs
+++ b/dotnet/test/VectorData/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Support/TestStore.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public virtual async Task WaitForDataAsync<TKey, TRecord>(
 
         var vector = dummyVector ?? new ReadOnlyMemory<float>(Enumerable.Range(0, vectorSize ?? 3).Select(i => (float)i).ToArray());
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < 20; i++)
+        for (var i = 0; i < 200; i++)
         {
             var results = collection.SearchAsync(
                 vector,