diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-openmetadata-test-environment/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-openmetadata-test-environment/action.yml
index 2b5ed13686e..c9eb1e6b531 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-openmetadata-test-environment/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-openmetadata-test-environment/action.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Install Ubuntu dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y unixodbc-dev python3-venv librdkafka-dev gcc libsasl2-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev \
-        unixodbc-dev libevent-dev python3-dev libkrb5-dev
+        libevent-dev python3-dev libkrb5-dev tdsodbc && ACCEPT_EULA=Y sudo apt-get -qq install -y msodbcsql18
       shell: bash
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/azuresql/connection.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/azuresql/connection.py
index 185e38dc66e..7256e850791 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/azuresql/connection.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/azuresql/connection.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from metadata.generated.schema.entity.automations.workflow import (
 )
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.connections.database.azureSQLConnection import (
     Authentication,
+    AuthenticationMode,
     AzureSQLConnection,
 )
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.connections.database.mssqlConnection import (
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ def get_connection_url(connection: Union[AzureSQLConnection, MssqlConnection]) -
     """
 
     if (
-        hasattr(connection.authenticationMode, "authentication")
+        isinstance(connection, AzureSQLConnection)
+        and isinstance(connection.authenticationMode, AuthenticationMode)
         and connection.authenticationMode.authentication is not None
     ):
         connection_string = f"Driver={connection.driver};Server={connection.hostPort};Database={connection.database};"
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ def get_connection_url(connection: Union[AzureSQLConnection, MssqlConnection]) -
         params = "&".join(
             f"{key}={quote_plus(value)}" for key, value in options.items() if value
         )
-        url = f"{url}?{params}"
+        url = f"{url}&{params}"
 
     return url
 
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/integration/sql_server/conftest.py b/ingestion/tests/integration/sql_server/conftest.py
index b256d7a33fc..3e46d6dee3b 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/integration/sql_server/conftest.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/integration/sql_server/conftest.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import os
 import shutil
 
 import pytest
-from docker_utils import try_bind
-from markers import xfail_param
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
 from testcontainers.mssql import SqlServerContainer
 
@@ -16,6 +14,9 @@ from metadata.ingestion.lineage.sql_lineage import search_cache
 from metadata.ingestion.ometa.ometa_api import OpenMetadata
 from metadata.workflow.metadata import MetadataWorkflow
 
+from ...helpers.docker_utils import try_bind
+from ...helpers.markers import xfail_param
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
 def config_logging():
@@ -104,10 +105,7 @@ def mssql_server_config(mssql_container, request):
     scope="module",
     params=[
         MssqlScheme.mssql_pytds,
-        xfail_param(
-            MssqlScheme.mssql_pyodbc,
-            "sql server fails with pyodbc (https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/issues/16435)",
-        ),
+        MssqlScheme.mssql_pyodbc,
     ],
 )
 def ingest_metadata(mssql_container, metadata: OpenMetadata, request):
@@ -125,6 +123,7 @@ def ingest_metadata(mssql_container, metadata: OpenMetadata, request):
                     + mssql_container.get_exposed_port(mssql_container.port),
                     "database": "AdventureWorks",
                     "ingestAllDatabases": True,
+                    "connectionOptions": {"TrustServerCertificate": "yes"},
                 }
             },
             "sourceConfig": {