diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/AzureSQLServerDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/AzureSQLServerDialect.java
index 9aae1647f652..834b82b0f9f5 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/AzureSQLServerDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/AzureSQLServerDialect.java
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 
 /**
  * A {@linkplain Dialect SQL dialect} for Azure SQL Server.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use {@link SQLServerDialect} instead.
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public class AzureSQLServerDialect extends SQLServerDialect {
 
 	public AzureSQLServerDialect() {
diff --git a/migration-guide.adoc b/migration-guide.adoc
index 255889667234..e81339172c1a 100644
--- a/migration-guide.adoc
+++ b/migration-guide.adoc
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ See the link:{releaseSeriesBase}#whats-new[website] for the list of new features
 
 This section describes changes to contracts (classes, interfaces, methods, etc.) which are considered https://hibernate.org/community/compatibility-policy/#api[API].
 
+* `org.hibernate.dialect.AzureSQLServerDialect` was deprecated. Use `org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect` instead.
+  If you set `hibernate.boot.allow_jdbc_metadata_access=false` for offline startup,
+  remember to also set the targeted database version through `jakarta.persistence.database-product-version`;
+  this would be 16.0 for SQL Server 2022 or 17.0 for SQL Server 2025.
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // SPI changes