diff --git a/clients/bigquery/bigquery.go b/clients/bigquery/bigquery.go
index b370975e7..a9207c548 100644
--- a/clients/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/clients/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (s *Store) PrepareTemporaryTable(tableData *optimization.TableData, tableCo
 }
 
 func (s *Store) IdentifierFor(topicConfig kafkalib.TopicConfig, table string) types.TableIdentifier {
-	return NewTableIdentifier(s.config.BigQuery.ProjectID, topicConfig.Database, table, s.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames())
+	return NewTableIdentifier(s.config.BigQuery.ProjectID, topicConfig.Database, table)
 }
 
 func (s *Store) GetTableConfig(tableData *optimization.TableData) (*types.DwhTableConfig, error) {
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ func (s *Store) Label() constants.DestinationKind {
 }
 
 func (s *Store) ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames() bool {
-	return s.config.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames
+	if s.config.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames {
+		panic("UppercaseEscapedNames is not supported for BigQuery")
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 func (s *Store) GetClient(ctx context.Context) *bigquery.Client {
diff --git a/clients/bigquery/merge_test.go b/clients/bigquery/merge_test.go
index ee48c8dea..e531de9e0 100644
--- a/clients/bigquery/merge_test.go
+++ b/clients/bigquery/merge_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (b *BigQueryTestSuite) TestBackfillColumn() {
-	tableID := NewTableIdentifier("db", "public", "tableName", false)
+	tableID := NewTableIdentifier("db", "public", "tableName")
 	type _testCase struct {
 		name        string
 		col         columns.Column
diff --git a/clients/bigquery/tableid.go b/clients/bigquery/tableid.go
index 0a651a75c..ca3bcb53f 100644
--- a/clients/bigquery/tableid.go
+++ b/clients/bigquery/tableid.go
@@ -9,18 +9,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 type TableIdentifier struct {
-	projectID             string
-	dataset               string
-	table                 string
-	uppercaseEscapedNames bool
+	projectID string
+	dataset   string
+	table     string
 }
 
-func NewTableIdentifier(projectID, dataset, table string, uppercaseEscapedNames bool) TableIdentifier {
+func NewTableIdentifier(projectID, dataset, table string) TableIdentifier {
 	return TableIdentifier{
-		projectID:             projectID,
-		dataset:               dataset,
-		table:                 table,
-		uppercaseEscapedNames: uppercaseEscapedNames,
+		projectID: projectID,
+		dataset:   dataset,
+		table:     table,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ func (ti TableIdentifier) Table() string {
 }
 
 func (ti TableIdentifier) WithTable(table string) types.TableIdentifier {
-	return NewTableIdentifier(ti.projectID, ti.dataset, table, ti.uppercaseEscapedNames)
+	return NewTableIdentifier(ti.projectID, ti.dataset, table)
 }
 
 func (ti TableIdentifier) FullyQualifiedName() string {
@@ -47,6 +45,6 @@ func (ti TableIdentifier) FullyQualifiedName() string {
 		"`%s`.`%s`.%s",
 		ti.projectID,
 		ti.dataset,
-		sql.EscapeNameIfNecessary(ti.table, ti.uppercaseEscapedNames, &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: constants.BigQuery}),
+		sql.EscapeNameIfNecessary(ti.table, false, &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: constants.BigQuery}),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/clients/bigquery/tableid_test.go b/clients/bigquery/tableid_test.go
index 154be275c..c60b1fea5 100644
--- a/clients/bigquery/tableid_test.go
+++ b/clients/bigquery/tableid_test.go
@@ -7,22 +7,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestTableIdentifier_WithTable(t *testing.T) {
-	tableID := NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "foo", true)
+	tableID := NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "foo")
 	tableID2 := tableID.WithTable("bar")
 	typedTableID2, ok := tableID2.(TableIdentifier)
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.Equal(t, "project", typedTableID2.ProjectID())
 	assert.Equal(t, "dataset", typedTableID2.Dataset())
 	assert.Equal(t, "bar", tableID2.Table())
-	assert.True(t, typedTableID2.uppercaseEscapedNames)
 }
 
 func TestTableIdentifier_FullyQualifiedName(t *testing.T) {
 	// Table name that does not need escaping:
-	assert.Equal(t, "`project`.`dataset`.foo", NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "foo", false).FullyQualifiedName())
-	assert.Equal(t, "`project`.`dataset`.foo", NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "foo", true).FullyQualifiedName())
+	assert.Equal(t, "`project`.`dataset`.foo", NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "foo").FullyQualifiedName())
 
 	// Table name that needs escaping:
-	assert.Equal(t, "`project`.`dataset`.`table`", NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "table", false).FullyQualifiedName())
-	assert.Equal(t, "`project`.`dataset`.`TABLE`", NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "table", true).FullyQualifiedName())
+	assert.Equal(t, "`project`.`dataset`.`table`", NewTableIdentifier("project", "dataset", "table").FullyQualifiedName())
 }
diff --git a/clients/mssql/store.go b/clients/mssql/store.go
index 98490bb3b..b08c8bd14 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/store.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/store.go
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ func (s *Store) Label() constants.DestinationKind {
 }
 
 func (s *Store) ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames() bool {
-	return s.config.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames
+	if s.config.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames {
+		panic("UppercaseEscapedNames is not supported for MSSQL")
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 func (s *Store) Merge(tableData *optimization.TableData) error {
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ func (s *Store) Append(tableData *optimization.TableData) error {
 
 // specificIdentifierFor returns a MS SQL [TableIdentifier] for a [TopicConfig] + table name.
 func (s *Store) specificIdentifierFor(topicConfig kafkalib.TopicConfig, table string) TableIdentifier {
-	return NewTableIdentifier(getSchema(topicConfig.Schema), table, s.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames())
+	return NewTableIdentifier(getSchema(topicConfig.Schema), table)
 }
 
 // IdentifierFor returns a generic [types.TableIdentifier] interface for a [TopicConfig] + table name.
diff --git a/clients/mssql/tableid.go b/clients/mssql/tableid.go
index 4c44b0c0d..37531185a 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/tableid.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/tableid.go
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type TableIdentifier struct {
-	schema                string
-	table                 string
-	uppercaseEscapedNames bool
+	schema string
+	table  string
 }
 
-func NewTableIdentifier(schema, table string, uppercaseEscapedNames bool) TableIdentifier {
-	return TableIdentifier{schema: schema, table: table, uppercaseEscapedNames: uppercaseEscapedNames}
+func NewTableIdentifier(schema, table string) TableIdentifier {
+	return TableIdentifier{schema: schema, table: table}
 }
 
 func (ti TableIdentifier) Schema() string {
@@ -27,13 +26,13 @@ func (ti TableIdentifier) Table() string {
 }
 
 func (ti TableIdentifier) WithTable(table string) types.TableIdentifier {
-	return NewTableIdentifier(ti.schema, table, ti.uppercaseEscapedNames)
+	return NewTableIdentifier(ti.schema, table)
 }
 
 func (ti TableIdentifier) FullyQualifiedName() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%s.%s",
 		ti.schema,
-		sql.EscapeNameIfNecessary(ti.table, ti.uppercaseEscapedNames, &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: constants.MSSQL}),
+		sql.EscapeNameIfNecessary(ti.table, false, &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: constants.MSSQL}),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/clients/mssql/tableid_test.go b/clients/mssql/tableid_test.go
index 65c70c290..76c69f54a 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/tableid_test.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/tableid_test.go
@@ -7,21 +7,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestTableIdentifier_WithTable(t *testing.T) {
-	tableID := NewTableIdentifier("schema", "foo", true)
+	tableID := NewTableIdentifier("schema", "foo")
 	tableID2 := tableID.WithTable("bar")
 	typedTableID2, ok := tableID2.(TableIdentifier)
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.Equal(t, "schema", typedTableID2.Schema())
 	assert.Equal(t, "bar", tableID2.Table())
-	assert.True(t, typedTableID2.uppercaseEscapedNames)
 }
 
 func TestTableIdentifier_FullyQualifiedName(t *testing.T) {
 	// Table name that does not need escaping:
-	assert.Equal(t, "schema.foo", NewTableIdentifier("schema", "foo", false).FullyQualifiedName())
-	assert.Equal(t, "schema.foo", NewTableIdentifier("schema", "foo", true).FullyQualifiedName())
+	assert.Equal(t, "schema.foo", NewTableIdentifier("schema", "foo").FullyQualifiedName())
 
 	// Table name that needs escaping:
-	assert.Equal(t, `schema."table"`, NewTableIdentifier("schema", "table", false).FullyQualifiedName())
-	assert.Equal(t, `schema."TABLE"`, NewTableIdentifier("schema", "table", true).FullyQualifiedName())
+	assert.Equal(t, `schema."table"`, NewTableIdentifier("schema", "table").FullyQualifiedName())
 }
diff --git a/clients/shared/append.go b/clients/shared/append.go
index 5437efb43..07d38bb74 100644
--- a/clients/shared/append.go
+++ b/clients/shared/append.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/destination/ddl"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/destination/types"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/optimization"
+	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/ptr"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing/columns"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func Append(dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimization.TableData, cf
 		CreateTable:       tableConfig.CreateTable(),
 		ColumnOp:          constants.Add,
 		CdcTime:           tableData.LatestCDCTs,
-		UppercaseEscNames: &cfg.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames,
+		UppercaseEscNames: ptr.ToBool(dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames()),
 		Mode:              tableData.Mode(),
 	}
 
diff --git a/clients/shared/merge.go b/clients/shared/merge.go
index 6b1533659..735bd6ac5 100644
--- a/clients/shared/merge.go
+++ b/clients/shared/merge.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func Merge(dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimization.TableData, cfg
 		CreateTable:       tableConfig.CreateTable(),
 		ColumnOp:          constants.Add,
 		CdcTime:           tableData.LatestCDCTs,
-		UppercaseEscNames: &cfg.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames,
+		UppercaseEscNames: ptr.ToBool(dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames()),
 		Mode:              tableData.Mode(),
 	}
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func Merge(dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimization.TableData, cfg
 		ColumnOp:               constants.Delete,
 		ContainOtherOperations: tableData.ContainOtherOperations(),
 		CdcTime:                tableData.LatestCDCTs,
-		UppercaseEscNames:      &cfg.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames,
+		UppercaseEscNames:      ptr.ToBool(dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames()),
 		Mode:                   tableData.Mode(),
 	}
 
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ func Merge(dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimization.TableData, cfg
 		TableID:             tableID,
 		SubQuery:            subQuery,
 		IdempotentKey:       tableData.TopicConfig().IdempotentKey,
-		PrimaryKeys:         tableData.PrimaryKeys(cfg.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames, &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: dwh.Label()}),
+		PrimaryKeys:         tableData.PrimaryKeys(dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames(), &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: dwh.Label()}),
 		Columns:             tableData.ReadOnlyInMemoryCols(),
 		SoftDelete:          tableData.TopicConfig().SoftDelete,
 		DestKind:            dwh.Label(),
-		UppercaseEscNames:   &cfg.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames,
+		UppercaseEscNames:   ptr.ToBool(dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames()),
 		ContainsHardDeletes: ptr.ToBool(tableData.ContainsHardDeletes()),
 	}
 
diff --git a/clients/shared/utils.go b/clients/shared/utils.go
index 19f13013d..dcc7bbe0f 100644
--- a/clients/shared/utils.go
+++ b/clients/shared/utils.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func BackfillColumn(cfg config.Config, dwh destination.DataWarehouse, column col
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to escape default value: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	uppercaseEscNames := cfg.SharedDestinationConfig.UppercaseEscapedNames
+	uppercaseEscNames := dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames()
 	escapedCol := column.Name(uppercaseEscNames, &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: dwh.Label()})
 
 	// TODO: This is added because `default` is not technically a column that requires escaping, but it is required when it's in the where clause.
diff --git a/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_bq_test.go b/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_bq_test.go
index 2f11ffbb9..bdac9a6a4 100644
--- a/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_bq_test.go
+++ b/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_bq_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (d *DDLTestSuite) TestAlterTableDropColumnsBigQuery() {
 }
 
 func (d *DDLTestSuite) TestAlterTableAddColumns() {
-	tableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("", "mock_dataset", "add_cols", true)
+	tableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("", "mock_dataset", "add_cols")
 	fqName := tableID.FullyQualifiedName()
 	ts := time.Now()
 	existingColNameToKindDetailsMap := map[string]typing.KindDetails{
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (d *DDLTestSuite) TestAlterTableAddColumns() {
 }
 
 func (d *DDLTestSuite) TestAlterTableAddColumnsSomeAlreadyExist() {
-	tableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("", "mock_dataset", "add_cols", true)
+	tableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("", "mock_dataset", "add_cols")
 	fqName := tableID.FullyQualifiedName()
 	ts := time.Now()
 	existingColNameToKindDetailsMap := map[string]typing.KindDetails{
diff --git a/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_create_table_test.go b/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_create_table_test.go
index 0dda6057c..a9ec46fcd 100644
--- a/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_create_table_test.go
+++ b/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_create_table_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (d *DDLTestSuite) Test_CreateTable() {
-	bqTableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("", "mock_dataset", "mock_table", true)
+	bqTableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("", "mock_dataset", "mock_table")
 	d.bigQueryStore.GetConfigMap().AddTableToConfig(bqTableID, types.NewDwhTableConfig(&columns.Columns{}, nil, true, true))
 
 	snowflakeTableID := snowflake.NewTableIdentifier("", "mock_dataset", "mock_table", true)
diff --git a/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_temp_test.go b/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_temp_test.go
index 0abca55cc..f4e80c2a5 100644
--- a/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_temp_test.go
+++ b/lib/destination/ddl/ddl_temp_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (d *DDLTestSuite) TestCreateTemporaryTable() {
 	}
 	{
 		// BigQuery
-		tableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("db", "schema", "tempTableName", false)
+		tableID := bigquery.NewTableIdentifier("db", "schema", "tempTableName")
 		d.bigQueryStore.GetConfigMap().AddTableToConfig(tableID, types.NewDwhTableConfig(&columns.Columns{}, nil, true, true))
 		bqTc := d.bigQueryStore.GetConfigMap().TableConfig(tableID)
 		args := ddl.AlterTableArgs{
diff --git a/lib/sql/escape.go b/lib/sql/escape.go
index 925de75dc..f640e7e76 100644
--- a/lib/sql/escape.go
+++ b/lib/sql/escape.go
@@ -17,19 +17,7 @@ type NameArgs struct {
 // symbolsToEscape are additional keywords that we need to escape
 var symbolsToEscape = []string{":"}
 
-func EscapeNameIfNecessary(name string, uppercaseEscNames bool, args *NameArgs) string {
-	if args == nil || !args.Escape {
-		return name
-	}
-
-	if needsEscaping(name, args.DestKind) {
-		return escapeName(name, uppercaseEscNames, args.DestKind)
-	}
-
-	return name
-}
-
-func needsEscaping(name string, destKind constants.DestinationKind) bool {
+func needsEscaping(name string, uppercaseEscNames bool, destKind constants.DestinationKind) bool {
 	var reservedKeywords []string
 	if destKind == constants.Redshift {
 		reservedKeywords = constants.RedshiftReservedKeywords
@@ -61,6 +49,18 @@ func needsEscaping(name string, destKind constants.DestinationKind) bool {
 	return needsEscaping
 }
 
+func EscapeNameIfNecessary(name string, uppercaseEscNames bool, args *NameArgs) string {
+	if args == nil || !args.Escape {
+		return name
+	}
+
+	if needsEscaping(name, uppercaseEscNames, args.DestKind) {
+		return escapeName(name, uppercaseEscNames, args.DestKind)
+	}
+
+	return name
+}
+
 func escapeName(name string, uppercaseEscNames bool, destKind constants.DestinationKind) string {
 	if uppercaseEscNames {
 		name = strings.ToUpper(name)
diff --git a/lib/sql/escape_test.go b/lib/sql/escape_test.go
index 7b70201d6..e16473306 100644
--- a/lib/sql/escape_test.go
+++ b/lib/sql/escape_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestEscapeNameIfNecessary(t *testing.T) {
+func TestEscapeName(t *testing.T) {
 	type _testCase struct {
 		name                     string
 		nameToEscape             string