diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlserver.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlserver.yml
index f821d1b0..5c7694a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlserver.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlserver.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Regular
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         msodbc_version: ["17", "18"]
         sqlserver_version: ["2017", "2019", "2022"]
         collation: ["SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS", "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
index 4a312ea3..63b1f5c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-docker-client:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         docker_target: ["msodbc17", "msodbc18"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index a04ecc1b..5acae556 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Unit tests
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py
index 9675f250..7aba6409 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.8.7"
+version = "1.9.0"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_adapter.py b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_adapter.py
index 646e5e23..6f05c501 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_adapter.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_adapter.py
@@ -59,3 +59,9 @@ def render_model_constraint(cls, constraint) -> Optional[str]:
     @classmethod
     def date_function(cls):
         return "getdate()"
+
+    def valid_incremental_strategies(self):
+        """The set of standard builtin strategies which this adapter supports out-of-the-box.
+        Not used to validate custom strategies defined by end users.
+        """
+        return ["append", "delete+insert", "merge", "microbatch"]
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_relation.py b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_relation.py
index 279634f3..f95bdd7f 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_relation.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_relation.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Optional, Type
 
-from dbt.adapters.base.relation import BaseRelation
+from dbt.adapters.base.relation import BaseRelation, EventTimeFilter
 from dbt.adapters.utils import classproperty
 from dbt_common.exceptions import DbtRuntimeError
 
@@ -49,3 +49,28 @@ def __post_init__(self):
 
     def relation_max_name_length(self):
         return MAX_CHARACTERS_IN_IDENTIFIER
+
+    def _render_event_time_filtered(self, event_time_filter: EventTimeFilter) -> str:
+        """
+        Returns "" if start and end are both None
+        """
+        filter = ""
+        if event_time_filter.start and event_time_filter.end:
+            filter = (
+                f"{event_time_filter.field_name} >="
+                f" cast('{event_time_filter.start}' as datetimeoffset)"
+                f" and {event_time_filter.field_name} <"
+                f" cast('{event_time_filter.end}' as datetimeoffset)"
+            )
+        elif event_time_filter.start:
+            filter = (
+                f"{event_time_filter.field_name} >="
+                f" cast('{event_time_filter.start}' as datetimeoffset)"
+            )
+        elif event_time_filter.end:
+            filter = (
+                f"{event_time_filter.field_name} <"
+                f" cast('{event_time_filter.end}' as datetimeoffset)"
+            )
+
+        return filter
diff --git a/dbt/include/sqlserver/dbt_project.yml b/dbt/include/sqlserver/dbt_project.yml
index 511daca7..7b88fd58 100644
--- a/dbt/include/sqlserver/dbt_project.yml
+++ b/dbt/include/sqlserver/dbt_project.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: dbt_sqlserver
-version: 1.8.0
+version: 1.9.0
 config-version: 2
 
 macro-paths: ["macros"]
diff --git a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/adapter/columns.sql b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/adapter/columns.sql
index 205ebefb..a98750e7 100644
--- a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/adapter/columns.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/adapter/columns.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+{% macro sqlserver__get_empty_subquery_sql(select_sql, select_sql_header=none) %}
+    {% if select_sql.strip().lower().startswith('with') %}
+        {{ select_sql }}
+    {% else -%}
+        select * from (
+        {{ select_sql }}
+    ) dbt_sbq_tmp
+    where 1 = 0
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro sqlserver__get_columns_in_query(select_sql) %}
+    {% set query_label = apply_label() %}
+    {% call statement('get_columns_in_query', fetch_result=True, auto_begin=False) -%}
+        select TOP 0 * from (
+            {{ select_sql }}
+        ) as __dbt_sbq
+        where 0 = 1
+        {{ query_label }}
+    {% endcall %}
+
+    {{ return(load_result('get_columns_in_query').table.columns | map(attribute='name') | list) }}
+{% endmacro %}
+
 {% macro sqlserver__alter_column_type(relation, column_name, new_column_type) %}
 
     {%- set tmp_column = column_name + "__dbt_alter" -%}
diff --git a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/models/incremental/merge.sql b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/models/incremental/merge.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d8cdc0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/models/incremental/merge.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{% macro sqlserver__get_incremental_microbatch_sql(arg_dict) %}
+    {%- set target = arg_dict["target_relation"] -%}
+    {%- set source = arg_dict["temp_relation"] -%}
+    {%- set dest_columns = arg_dict["dest_columns"] -%}
+    {%- set incremental_predicates = [] if arg_dict.get('incremental_predicates') is none else arg_dict.get('incremental_predicates') -%}
+
+    {#-- Add additional incremental_predicates to filter for batch --#}
+    {% if model.config.get("__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_start") -%}
+    {{ log("incremental append event start time > DBT_INTERNAL_TARGET." ~ model.config.event_time ~ " >= cast('" ~ model.config.__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_start ~ "' as datetimeoffset)") }}
+        {% do incremental_predicates.append("DBT_INTERNAL_TARGET." ~ model.config.event_time ~ " >= cast('" ~ model.config.__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_start ~ "' as datetimeoffset)") %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if model.config.__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_end -%}
+    {{ log("incremental append event end time < DBT_INTERNAL_TARGET." ~ model.config.event_time ~ " < cast('" ~ model.config.__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_end ~ "' as datetimeoffset)") }}
+        {% do incremental_predicates.append("DBT_INTERNAL_TARGET." ~ model.config.event_time ~ " < cast('" ~ model.config.__dbt_internal_microbatch_event_time_end ~ "' as datetimeoffset)") %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% do arg_dict.update({'incremental_predicates': incremental_predicates}) %}
+
+    delete DBT_INTERNAL_TARGET from {{ target }} AS DBT_INTERNAL_TARGET
+    where (
+    {% for predicate in incremental_predicates %}
+        {%- if not loop.first %}and {% endif -%} {{ predicate }}
+    {% endfor %}
+    );
+
+    {%- set dest_cols_csv = get_quoted_csv(dest_columns | map(attribute="name")) -%}
+    insert into {{ target }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
+    (
+        select {{ dest_cols_csv }}
+        from {{ source }}
+    )
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 4db3f028..2a3c4c4a 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-dbt-tests-adapter>=1.8.0, <1.9.0
+dbt-tests-adapter>=1.9.0,<2.0
 
 ruff
 black==24.8.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4e491bee..0a63ce6d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 package_name = "dbt-sqlserver"
 authors_list = ["Mikael Ene", "Anders Swanson", "Sam Debruyn", "Cor Zuurmond", "Cody Scott"]
-dbt_version = "1.8"
+dbt_version = "1.9"
 description = """A Microsoft SQL Server adapter plugin for dbt"""
 
 this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ def run(self):
     packages=find_namespace_packages(include=["dbt", "dbt.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
-        "dbt-fabric>=1.8.0,<1.9.0",
-        "dbt-core>=1.8.0,<1.9.0",
+        "dbt-fabric==1.9.3",
+        "dbt-core>=1.9.0,<2.0",
         "dbt-common>=1.0,<2.0",
-        "dbt-adapters>=1.1.1,<2.0",
+        "dbt-adapters>=1.11.0,<2.0",
     ],
     cmdclass={
         "verify": VerifyVersionCommand,
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_empty.py b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_empty.py
index 52ea88de..391b5b3b 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_empty.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_empty.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import pytest
+from dbt.tests.adapter.empty._models import model_input_sql, schema_sources_yml
 
 # switch for 1.9
 # from dbt.tests.adapter.empty import _models
 from dbt.tests.adapter.empty.test_empty import (  # MetadataWithEmptyFlag
     BaseTestEmpty,
     BaseTestEmptyInlineSourceRef,
-    model_input_sql,
-    schema_sources_yml,
 )
 from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_incremental.py b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_incremental.py
index 959a81d0..b3a5c9cb 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_incremental.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_incremental.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
 from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental import fixtures
-from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental.test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns import (
-    BaseMergeExcludeColumns,
-)
 from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental.test_incremental_on_schema_change import (
     BaseIncrementalOnSchemaChange,
 )
@@ -76,10 +73,6 @@
 """
 
 
-class TestIncrementalMergeExcludeColumns(BaseMergeExcludeColumns):
-    pass
-
-
 class TestIncrementalOnSchemaChange(BaseIncrementalOnSchemaChange):
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def models(self):
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_incremental_microbatch_datetime.py b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_incremental_microbatch_datetime.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88581a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/dbt/test_incremental_microbatch_datetime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental.test_incremental_microbatch import BaseMicrobatch
+
+_microbatch_model_no_unique_id_sql_datetime = """
+{{ config(materialized='incremental', incremental_strategy='microbatch',
+event_time='event_time', batch_size='day', begin='2020-01-01 00:00:00') }}
+select * from {{ ref('input_model') }}
+"""
+
+_input_model_sql_datetime = """
+{{ config(materialized='table', event_time='event_time') }}
+select 1 as id, '2020-01-01 00:00:00' as event_time
+union all
+select 2 as id, '2020-01-02 00:00:00' as event_time
+union all
+select 3 as id, '2020-01-03 00:00:00' as event_time
+"""
+
+
+class TestSQLServerMicrobatchDateTime(BaseMicrobatch):
+    """
+    Setup a version of the microbatch testing that uses a datetime column as the event_time
+    This is to test that the microbatch strategy can handle datetime columns when passing in
+    event times as UTC strings
+    """
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def microbatch_model_sql(self) -> str:
+        return _microbatch_model_no_unique_id_sql_datetime
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def input_model_sql(self) -> str:
+        """
+        This is the SQL that defines the input model to the microbatch model,
+        including any {{ config(..) }}. event_time is a required configuration of this input
+        """
+        return _input_model_sql_datetime
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def insert_two_rows_sql(self, project) -> str:
+        test_schema_relation = project.adapter.Relation.create(
+            database=project.database, schema=project.test_schema
+        )
+        return (
+            f"insert into {test_schema_relation}.input_model (id, event_time) "
+            f"values (4, '2020-01-04 00:00:00'), (5, '2020-01-05 00:00:00')"
+        )