diff --git a/crates/dbx-core/src/transfer.rs b/crates/dbx-core/src/transfer.rs
index 3d13eb7b0..a5c4cd328 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-core/src/transfer.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-core/src/transfer.rs
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ pub fn escape_value_typed(val: &serde_json::Value, db_type: &DatabaseType, colum
             if *db_type == DatabaseType::Postgres {
                 return quote_postgres_string_literal(&literal);
             }
-            let escaped = if is_postgres_family_target(db_type) {
+            let escaped = if is_postgres_family_target(db_type) || *db_type == DatabaseType::SqlServer {
                 literal.replace('\'', "''")
             } else {
                 literal.replace('\\', "\\\\").replace('\'', "''")
@@ -6246,6 +6246,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(sql, "INSERT INTO [dbo].[customers] ([name], [note]) VALUES\n(N'Tiếng Việt', N'O''Brien')");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn sqlserver_insert_preserves_backslashes_control_characters_quotes_and_unicode() {
+        let sql = generate_insert_typed(
+            &[String::from("escape_sequence"), String::from("line_break"), String::from("quote_and_unicode")],
+            &[
+                Some(String::from("nvarchar(max)")),
+                Some(String::from("nvarchar(max)")),
+                Some(String::from("nvarchar(max)")),
+            ],
+            &[vec![json!(r#"\n"#), json!("line1\r\nline2"), json!("O'Brien / Tiếng Việt")]],
+            "notes",
+            "dbo",
+            &DatabaseType::SqlServer,
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            sql,
+            "INSERT INTO [dbo].[notes] ([escape_sequence], [line_break], [quote_and_unicode]) VALUES\n(N'\\n', N'line1\r\nline2', N'O''Brien / Tiếng Việt')"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn sqlserver_insert_formats_datetime_literals_with_supported_precision() {
         let sql = generate_insert_typed(