diff --git a/change/@react-native-windows-cli-4acf7ba6-83e8-4d2f-9200-62e6262440de.json b/change/@react-native-windows-cli-4acf7ba6-83e8-4d2f-9200-62e6262440de.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04985674f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@react-native-windows-cli-4acf7ba6-83e8-4d2f-9200-62e6262440de.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "fix(cli): ignore msbuild binglog files",
+  "packageName": "@react-native-windows/cli",
+  "email": "fcalise@gmail.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-0d3127be-c934-43d7-80b6-09ca4f7cbea6.json b/change/react-native-windows-0d3127be-c934-43d7-80b6-09ca4f7cbea6.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5000b8eb1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-0d3127be-c934-43d7-80b6-09ca4f7cbea6.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "fix(vnext-templates): update gitignore for MS Build logs",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "fcalise@gmail.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/utils/msbuildtools.ts b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/utils/msbuildtools.ts
index b7c5a7a6857..b4cae081f1f 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/utils/msbuildtools.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/utils/msbuildtools.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import fs from '@react-native-windows/fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import child_process from 'child_process';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
-import os from 'os';
 import shell from 'shelljs';
 import Version from './version';
 import * as checkRequirements from './checkRequirements';
@@ -93,16 +92,16 @@ export default class MSBuildTools {
     newInfo(`Build platform: ${buildArch}`);
 
     const verbosityOption = verbose ? 'normal' : 'minimal';
+    const defaultLogDirectory = path.dirname(slnFile);
     const logPrefix = path.join(
-      buildLogDirectory || os.tmpdir(),
+      buildLogDirectory || defaultLogDirectory,
       `msbuild_${process.pid}_${target}`,
     );
 
     const errorLog = logPrefix + '.err';
     const warnLog = logPrefix + '.wrn';
 
-    const localBinLog = target === 'build' ? '' : ':deploy.binlog';
-    const binlog = buildLogDirectory ? `:${logPrefix}.binlog` : localBinLog;
+    const binlog = `:${logPrefix}.binlog`;
 
     const args = [
       `/clp:NoSummary;NoItemAndPropertyList;Verbosity=${verbosityOption}`,
diff --git a/vnext/templates/cpp-app/windows/_gitignore b/vnext/templates/cpp-app/windows/_gitignore
index 5bc72a4416d..05bf397e485 100644
--- a/vnext/templates/cpp-app/windows/_gitignore
+++ b/vnext/templates/cpp-app/windows/_gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ Ankh.NoLoad
 
 #Files generated by the VS build
 **/Generated Files/**
+
+#Files genereated by MS build
+*.binlog
+*.err
+*.wrn
diff --git a/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/windows/_gitignore b/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/windows/_gitignore
index 5bc72a4416d..05bf397e485 100644
--- a/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/windows/_gitignore
+++ b/vnext/templates/cpp-lib/windows/_gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ Ankh.NoLoad
 
 #Files generated by the VS build
 **/Generated Files/**
+
+#Files genereated by MS build
+*.binlog
+*.err
+*.wrn