diff --git a/config/alfresco/extension/custom-db-connection.properties.sample b/config/alfresco/extension/custom-db-connection.properties.sample
index 2e01750c53..44d5da9cf3 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/extension/custom-db-connection.properties.sample
+++ b/config/alfresco/extension/custom-db-connection.properties.sample
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@
 #
 #db.driver=com.sybase.jdbc2.jdbc.SybDriver
 #db.url=jdbc:sybase:Tds:localhost:2638/alfresco
+
+#
+# SQLServer connection (requires jdts-1.2.jar or equivalent - http://jtds.sourceforge.net/)
+#
+#db.driver=net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
+#db.url=jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://your-server-name/alfresco
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diff --git a/config/alfresco/extension/custom-hibernate-dialect.properties.sample b/config/alfresco/extension/custom-hibernate-dialect.properties.sample
index 54f23d546d..611a40ca78 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/extension/custom-hibernate-dialect.properties.sample
+++ b/config/alfresco/extension/custom-hibernate-dialect.properties.sample
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@
 # Sybase dialect
 #
 #hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseAnywhereDialect
+
+#
+# SQLServer dialect
+#
+#hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect
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