diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/DashboardController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/DashboardController.cs
index 701cca0bb2..5b99153b45 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/DashboardController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/DashboardController.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,114 @@ using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Web.Http;
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using Umbraco.Core.Cache;
+using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;
+using Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
 {
   
+    //we need to fire up the controller like this to enable loading of remote css directly from this controller
     [PluginController("UmbracoApi")]
-    public class DashboardController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
+    [ValidationFilter]
+    [AngularJsonOnlyConfiguration]
+    [IsBackOffice]
+    public class DashboardController : UmbracoApiController
     {
+        //we have baseurl as a param to make previewing easier, so we can test with a dev domain from client side
+        [WebApi.UmbracoAuthorize]
+        [ValidateAngularAntiForgeryToken]
+        public async Task<JObject> GetRemoteDashboardContent(string section, string baseUrl = "http://dashboard.umbraco.org/")
+        {
+            var ctx = UmbracoContext.Current;
+            if (ctx == null)
+                throw new HttpResponseException(System.Net.HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
+            
+            var user = Security.CurrentUser;
+            var userType = user.UserType.Alias;
+            var allowedSections = string.Join(",", user.AllowedSections);
+            var lang = user.Language;
+            var version = UmbracoVersion.GetSemanticVersion().ToSemanticString();
 
+            var url = string.Format(baseUrl+"{0}?section={0}&type={1}&allowed={2}&lang={3}&version={4}", section, userType, allowedSections, lang, version);
+            var key = "umb-dyn-dash-" + userType + lang + allowedSections + section;
+
+            //look to see if we already have a requested result in the cache.
+            var content = ApplicationContext.ApplicationCache.RuntimeCache.GetCacheItem<JObject>(key);
+            if (content != null)
+                return content;
+            try
+            {
+                var web = new HttpClient();
+
+                //fetch dashboard json and parse to JObject
+                var json = await web.GetStringAsync(url);
+                content = JObject.Parse(json);
+                
+                //save server content for 30 mins
+                ApplicationContext.ApplicationCache.RuntimeCache.InsertCacheItem<JObject>(key, () => content, timeout: new TimeSpan(0, 30, 0));
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                //set the content to an empty result and cache for 5 mins
+                //we return it like this, we avoid error codes which triggers UI warnings
+
+                content = new JObject();
+                ApplicationContext.ApplicationCache.RuntimeCache.InsertCacheItem<JObject>(key, () => content, timeout: new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0));
+            }
+
+            return content;
+        }
+
+        [WebApi.UmbracoAuthorize]
+        public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetRemoteDashboardCss(string section, string baseUrl = "http://dashboard.umbraco.org/")
+        {
+            var cssUrl = string.Format(baseUrl + "css/dashboard.css?section={0}", section);
+            var key = "umb-dyn-dash-css-" + section;
+
+            //look to see if we already have a requested result in the cache.
+            var content = ApplicationContext.ApplicationCache.RuntimeCache.GetCacheItem<string>(key);
+
+            //else fetch remotely
+            if (content == null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var web = new HttpClient();
+
+                    //fetch remote css
+                    content = await web.GetStringAsync(cssUrl);
+
+                    //save server content for 30 mins
+                    ApplicationContext.ApplicationCache.RuntimeCache.InsertCacheItem<string>(key, () => content, timeout: new TimeSpan(0, 30, 0));
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    //set the content to an empty result and cache for 5 mins
+                    //we return it like this, we avoid error codes which triggers UI warnings
+
+                    content = string.Empty;
+                    ApplicationContext.ApplicationCache.RuntimeCache.InsertCacheItem<string>(key, () => content, timeout: new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0));
+                }
+            }
+
+            return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            {
+                Content = new StringContent(content, Encoding.UTF8, "text/css")
+            };
+            
+        }
+
+
+        [WebApi.UmbracoAuthorize]
+        [ValidateAngularAntiForgeryToken]
         public IEnumerable<Tab<DashboardControl>> GetDashboard(string section)
         {
             var tabs = new List<Tab<DashboardControl>>();