diff --git a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc.go b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc.go
index b3ee1b3481d4..385548aea64e 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc.go
@@ -64,27 +64,94 @@ func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (result
 }
 
 func tryRedactAnonymousJDBC(conn string) string {
+	if s, ok := tryRedactBasicAuth(conn); ok {
+		return s
+	}
+	if s, ok := tryRedactURLParams(conn); ok {
+		return s
+	}
+	if s, ok := tryRedactODBC(conn); ok {
+		return s
+	}
+	if s, ok := tryRedactRegex(conn); ok {
+		return s
+	}
+	return conn
+}
+
+// Basic authentication "username:password@host" style
+func tryRedactBasicAuth(conn string) (string, bool) {
 	userPass, postfix, found := strings.Cut(conn, "@")
-	if found {
-		if index := strings.LastIndex(userPass, ":"); index != -1 {
-			prefix, pass := userPass[:index], userPass[index+1:]
-			return prefix + ":" + strings.Repeat("*", len(pass)) + "@" + postfix
-		}
+	if !found {
+		return "", false
 	}
+	index := strings.LastIndex(userPass, ":")
+	if index == -1 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	prefix, pass := userPass[:index], userPass[index+1:]
+	return prefix + ":" + strings.Repeat("*", len(pass)) + "@" + postfix, true
+}
+
+// URL param "?password=password" style
+func tryRedactURLParams(conn string) (string, bool) {
 	prefix, paramString, found := strings.Cut(conn, "?")
 	if !found {
-		return conn
+		return "", false
 	}
 	var newParams []string
+	found = false
 	for _, param := range strings.Split(paramString, "&") {
 		key, val, _ := strings.Cut(param, "=")
 		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(key), "pass") {
 			newParams = append(newParams, key+"="+strings.Repeat("*", len(val)))
+			found = true
+			continue
+		}
+		newParams = append(newParams, param)
+	}
+	if !found {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return prefix + "?" + strings.Join(newParams, "&"), true
+}
+
+// ODBC params ";password=password" style
+func tryRedactODBC(conn string) (string, bool) {
+	var found bool
+	var newParams []string
+	for _, param := range strings.Split(conn, ";") {
+		key, val, _ := strings.Cut(param, "=")
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(key), "pass") {
+			newParams = append(newParams, key+"="+strings.Repeat("*", len(val)))
+			found = true
 			continue
 		}
 		newParams = append(newParams, param)
 	}
-	return prefix + "?" + strings.Join(newParams, "&")
+	if !found {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return strings.Join(newParams, ";"), true
+}
+
+// Naively search the string for "pass="
+func tryRedactRegex(conn string) (string, bool) {
+	pattern := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)pass.*?=(.+?)\b`)
+	var found bool
+	newConn := pattern.ReplaceAllStringFunc(conn, func(s string) string {
+		index := strings.Index(s, "=")
+		if index == -1 {
+			// unreachable due to regex containing '='
+			return s
+		}
+		found = true
+		return s[:index+1] + strings.Repeat("*", len(s[index+1:]))
+	})
+	if !found {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return newConn, true
 }
 
 var supportedSubprotocols = map[string]func(string) (jdbc, error){
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_integration_test.go
index 55c0bdf49349..0c69571f3f07 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_integration_test.go
@@ -27,14 +27,19 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 }
 
 func runMain(m *testing.M) (int, error) {
-	if err := startPostgres(); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	defer stopPostgres()
-	if err := startMySQL(); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+	for _, ctrl := range []struct {
+		start func() error
+		stop  func()
+	}{
+		{startPostgres, stopPostgres},
+		{startMySQL, stopMySQL},
+		{startSqlServer, stopSqlServer},
+	} {
+		if err := ctrl.start(); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		defer ctrl.stop()
 	}
-	defer stopMySQL()
 	return m.Run(), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_test.go b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_test.go
index 76a33d181572..8b2f3806aa05 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/jdbc_test.go
@@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ func TestJdbc_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "sqlserver, unverified",
+			args: args{
+				ctx:    context.Background(),
+				data:   []byte(`jdbc:sqlserver://a.b.c.net;database=database-name;spring.datasource.password=super-secret-password`),
+				verify: false,
+			},
+			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_JDBC,
+					Verified:     false,
+					Redacted:     "jdbc:sqlserver://a.b.c.net;database=database-name;spring.datasource.password=*********************",
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/postgres.go b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/postgres.go
index 163e14d09c06..9136879bd26e 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/postgres.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/postgres.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (s *postgresJDBC) ping(ctx context.Context) bool {
 		}
 		data[key] = val
 	}
-	if ping(ctx, "postgres", joinKeyValues(data)) {
+	if ping(ctx, "postgres", joinKeyValues(data, " ")) {
 		return true
 	}
 	if s.params["dbname"] != "" {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (s *postgresJDBC) ping(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func joinKeyValues(m map[string]string) string {
+func joinKeyValues(m map[string]string, sep string) string {
 	var data []string
 	for k, v := range m {
 		if v == "" {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func joinKeyValues(m map[string]string) string {
 		}
 		data = append(data, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
-	return strings.Join(data, " ")
+	return strings.Join(data, sep)
 }
 
 func parsePostgres(subname string) (jdbc, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/sqlserver.go b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/sqlserver.go
index 3f545a3b7d07..ab3506a6b923 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/sqlserver.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/sqlserver.go
@@ -2,24 +2,49 @@ package jdbc
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"strings"
 
 	_ "github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb"
 )
 
 type sqlServerJDBC struct {
-	conn string
+	conn   string
+	params map[string]string
 }
 
 func (s *sqlServerJDBC) ping(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	if ping(ctx, "mssql", s.conn) {
 		return true
 	}
+	if ping(ctx, "mssql", joinKeyValues(s.params, ";")) {
+		return true
+	}
 	// try URL format
 	return ping(ctx, "mssql", "sqlserver://"+s.conn)
 }
 
 func parseSqlServer(subname string) (jdbc, error) {
-	// expected form: //[username:password@]host/instance[?key=val[&key=val]]
-	return &sqlServerJDBC{strings.TrimPrefix(subname, "//")}, nil
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(subname, "//") {
+		return nil, errors.New("expected connection to start with //")
+	}
+	conn := strings.TrimPrefix(subname, "//")
+	params := map[string]string{
+		"user id":  "sa",
+		"database": "master",
+	}
+	for _, param := range strings.Split(conn, ";") {
+		key, value, found := strings.Cut(param, "=")
+		if !found {
+			continue
+		}
+		params[key] = value
+		if key != "password" && strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(key), "password") {
+			params["password"] = value
+		}
+	}
+	return &sqlServerJDBC{
+		conn:   strings.TrimPrefix(subname, "//"),
+		params: params,
+	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/jdbc/sqlserver_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/sqlserver_integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..590e37607116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/jdbc/sqlserver_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//go:build detectors && integration
+// +build detectors,integration
+
+package jdbc
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+const (
+	sqlServerPass     = "Secr3tP@s5w0rd"
+	sqlServerUser     = "sa"
+	sqlServerDatabase = "master"
+)
+
+func TestSqlServer(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    string
+		wantErr  bool
+		wantPing bool
+	}{
+		{
+			input:   "",
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "//odbc:server=localhost;user id=sa;database=master;password=" + sqlServerPass,
+			wantPing: true,
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "//localhost;database= master;spring.datasource.password=" + sqlServerPass,
+			wantPing: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			j, err := parseSqlServer(tt.input)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantPing, j.ping(context.Background()))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+var sqlServerDockerHash string
+
+func startSqlServer() error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(
+		"docker", "run", "--rm", "-p", "1433:1433",
+		"-e", "ACCEPT_EULA=1",
+		"-e", "MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD="+sqlServerPass,
+		"-d", "mcr.microsoft.com/azure-sql-edge",
+	)
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	sqlServerDockerHash = string(bytes.TrimSpace(out))
+	select {
+	case <-dockerLogLine(sqlServerDockerHash, "EdgeTelemetry starting up"):
+		return nil
+	case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
+		stopSqlServer()
+		return errors.New("timeout waiting for mysql database to be ready")
+	}
+}
+
+func stopSqlServer() {
+	exec.Command("docker", "kill", sqlServerDockerHash).Run()
+}