diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/dialect/SQLServer2012DialectTestCase.java b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/test/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/SQLServer2012DialectTestCase.java
similarity index 89%
rename from hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/dialect/SQLServer2012DialectTestCase.java
rename to hibernate-community-dialects/src/test/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/SQLServer2012DialectTestCase.java
index 54d1763cfec0..521218a63bdc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/dialect/SQLServer2012DialectTestCase.java
+++ b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/test/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/SQLServer2012DialectTestCase.java
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
  */
-package org.hibernate.orm.test.dialect;
+package org.hibernate.community.dialect;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.hibernate.dialect.DatabaseVersion;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.query.spi.Limit;
 
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 /**
- * Tests the Limit/Offset handler for {@link SQLServerDialect, v11}.
+ * Tests the Limit/Offset handler for SQLServerDialect.
  *
  * @author Chris Cranford
  */
 public class SQLServer2012DialectTestCase extends BaseUnitTestCase {
-	private SQLServerDialect dialect;
+	private Dialect dialect;
 
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
-		dialect = new SQLServerDialect( DatabaseVersion.make( 11 ) );
+		dialect = new SQLServerLegacyDialect( DatabaseVersion.make( 11 ) );
 	}
 
 	@After
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
index 882d0e0783d3..dbb86c2b61ae 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 import static org.hibernate.type.descriptor.DateTimeUtils.appendAsTimestampWithMillis;
 
 /**
- * A dialect for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and above.
+ * A dialect for Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and above.
  * <p>
  * Please refer to the
  * <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/language-reference">SQL Server documentation</a>.
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
  * @author Gavin King
  */
 public class SQLServerDialect extends AbstractTransactSQLDialect {
-	private final static DatabaseVersion MINIMUM_VERSION = DatabaseVersion.make( 11, 0 );
+	private final static DatabaseVersion MINIMUM_VERSION = DatabaseVersion.make( 13, 0 );
 
 	/**
 	 * NOTE : 2100 is the documented limit supposedly - but in my testing, sending
@@ -445,20 +445,19 @@ public void initializeFunctionRegistry(FunctionContributions functionContributio
 		functionFactory.windowFunctions();
 		functionFactory.inverseDistributionOrderedSetAggregates_windowEmulation();
 		functionFactory.hypotheticalOrderedSetAggregates_windowEmulation();
-		if ( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 13 ) ) {
-			functionFactory.jsonValue_sqlserver();
-			functionFactory.jsonQuery_sqlserver();
-			functionFactory.jsonExists_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
-			functionFactory.jsonObject_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
-			functionFactory.jsonArray_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
-			functionFactory.jsonSet_sqlserver();
-			functionFactory.jsonRemove_sqlserver();
-			functionFactory.jsonReplace_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
-			functionFactory.jsonInsert_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
-			functionFactory.jsonArrayAppend_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
-			functionFactory.jsonArrayInsert_sqlserver();
-			functionFactory.jsonTable_sqlserver();
-		}
+		functionFactory.jsonValue_sqlserver();
+		functionFactory.jsonQuery_sqlserver();
+		functionFactory.jsonExists_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
+		functionFactory.jsonObject_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
+		functionFactory.jsonArray_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
+		functionFactory.jsonSet_sqlserver();
+		functionFactory.jsonRemove_sqlserver();
+		functionFactory.jsonReplace_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
+		functionFactory.jsonInsert_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
+		functionFactory.jsonArrayAppend_sqlserver( getVersion().isSameOrAfter( 16 ) );
+		functionFactory.jsonArrayInsert_sqlserver();
+		functionFactory.jsonTable_sqlserver();
+
 		functionFactory.xmlelement_sqlserver();
 		functionFactory.xmlcomment_sqlserver();
 		functionFactory.xmlforest_sqlserver();