diff --git a/Build/tSQLt.validatebuild.xml b/Build/tSQLt.validatebuild.xml
index 98055037a..8fdea3b60 100644
--- a/Build/tSQLt.validatebuild.xml
+++ b/Build/tSQLt.validatebuild.xml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
   <echo message="  +----> outputfile: ${execute.sql.outputfile}" />
   <echo message="  +----> executeas: ${execute.sql.executeas}" />
   <echo message="  +----> sqlconnect: ${execute.sql.sqlconnect}" />
-  <property name="execute.sql.sqlcmd" value="&quot;${sqlcmd.path}&quot;\sqlcmd ${execute.sql.sqlconnect} -I -i &quot;${execute.sql.executeas}&quot; ${execute.sql.filename} -v NewDbName=${execute.sql.newDatabase} DbName=${execute.sql.database} BuildLogTableName=&quot;${logtable.name}&quot; ExecuteStatement=&quot;${execute.sql.statement}&quot; -V11" />
+  <property name="execute.sql.sqlcmd" value="&quot;${sqlcmd.path}&quot;\sqlcmd ${execute.sql.sqlconnect} -I -i &quot;${execute.sql.executeas}&quot; ${execute.sql.filename} -v NewDbName=${execute.sql.newDatabase} DbName=${execute.sql.database} BuildLogTableName=&quot;${logtable.name}&quot; ExecuteStatement=&quot;${execute.sql.statement}&quot; -V11 -C" />
   <echo message="${execute.sql.sqlcmd}" />
   <condition property="execute.sql.statement_or_file.output.tofile">
    <not>
diff --git a/CI/Azure-DevOps/AZ_MainPipeline.yml b/CI/Azure-DevOps/AZ_MainPipeline.yml
index 276fb1b51..9e62f375e 100644
--- a/CI/Azure-DevOps/AZ_MainPipeline.yml
+++ b/CI/Azure-DevOps/AZ_MainPipeline.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ parameters: # TODO, these don't work for scheduled pipelines, not even the defau
   - name: VMMatrix
     type: object
     default:
-    - name: SQL2008R2
-      SQLVersionEdition: 2008R2Std
     - name: SQL2012
       SQLVersionEdition: 2012Ent
     - name: SQL2014
@@ -195,7 +193,7 @@ stages:
       inputs:
         targetType: 'inline'
         script: |
-          $DS = Invoke-Sqlcmd -Query "SELECT SUSER_NAME() U,SYSDATETIME() T,@@VERSION V;" -ServerInstance "$(CreateSQLVMEnvironment.FQDNAndPort)" -Username "$(CreateSQLVMEnvironment.SQLUserName)" -Password "$(CreateSQLVMEnvironment.SQLPwd)" -As DataSet
+          $DS = Invoke-Sqlcmd -Query "SELECT SUSER_NAME() U,SYSDATETIME() T,@@VERSION V;" -ServerInstance "$(CreateSQLVMEnvironment.FQDNAndPort)" -Username "$(CreateSQLVMEnvironment.SQLUserName)" -Password "$(CreateSQLVMEnvironment.SQLPwd)" -As DataSet -TrustServerCertificate
           $DS.Tables[0].Rows | %{ echo "{ $($_['U']), $($_['T']), $($_['V']) }" } 
 
 
diff --git a/CI/Azure-DevOps/CreateSQLVM_azcli.ps1 b/CI/Azure-DevOps/CreateSQLVM_azcli.ps1
index 42b7b68ea..cc61a18bd 100644
--- a/CI/Azure-DevOps/CreateSQLVM_azcli.ps1
+++ b/CI/Azure-DevOps/CreateSQLVM_azcli.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-<# USAGE: ./CreateSQLVM.ps1 -Location "East US 2" -Size "Standard_D2as_v4" -ResourceGroupName "myTestResourceGroup" -VMAdminName "azureAdminName" -VMAdminPwd "aoeihag;ladjfalkj23" -SQLVersionEdition "2017" -SQLPort "41433" -SQLUserName "tSQLt_sa" -SQLPwd "aoeihag;ladjfalkj46" -BuildId "001" #>
+<# USAGE: 
+
+az login
+az account set --name "tSQLt CI Subscription"
+
+./CreateSQLVM_azcli.ps1 -Location "East US 2" -Size "Standard_D2as_v4" -ResourceGroupName "myTestResourceGroup" -VMAdminName "azureadminname" -VMAdminPwd "aoeihag;ladjfalkj23" -SQLVersionEdition "2017" -SQLPort "41433" -SQLUserName "tSQLt_sa" -SQLPwd "aoeihag;ladjfalkj46" -BuildId "001" -VmPriority "Spot"
+#>
 Param( 
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()][string] $Location,
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()][string] $Size,
@@ -98,22 +104,30 @@ $FQDN = (az network public-ip show --resource-group $ResourceGroupName --name $P
 Log-Output "FQDN: ", $FQDN;
 Log-Output "DONE: Creating PIP $PipName";
 
-Log-Output "START: Creating NSG and Rules $NsgName";
+Log-Output "START: Creating NSG and Rules $NsgName --> nsg create";
 $output = az network nsg create --name $NsgName --resource-group $ResourceGroupName --location $Location | ConvertFrom-Json;
 if (!$output) {
     Write-Error "Error creating NIC";
     return
 }
+Log-Output "START: Creating NSG and Rules $NsgName --> nsg rule create --name `"RDPRule`"";
+$DestPort = 3389;
+Log-Output "<-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->";
+Log-Output "ResourceGroupName:    ", $ResourceGroupName;
+Log-Output "NsgName:  ", $NsgName;
+Log-Output "DestPort:  ", $DestPort;
+Log-Output "<-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->";
 $output = az network nsg rule create --name "RDPRule" --nsg-name $NsgName --priority 1000 --resource-group $ResourceGroupName --access Allow `
-            --destination-address-prefixes * --destination-port-ranges 3389 --direction Inbound --protocol Tcp --source-address-prefixes * `
-            --source-port-ranges * | ConvertFrom-Json;
+            --destination-address-prefixes '*' --destination-port-ranges $DestPort --direction Inbound --protocol Tcp --source-address-prefixes '*' `
+            --source-port-ranges '*' | ConvertFrom-Json;
 if (!$output) {
     Write-Error "Error creating NIC RDPRule";
     return
 }
+Log-Output "START: Creating NSG and Rules $NsgName --> nsg rule create --name `"MSSQLRule`"";
 $output = az network nsg rule create --name "MSSQLRule" --nsg-name $NsgName --priority 1001 --resource-group $ResourceGroupName --access Allow `
-            --destination-address-prefixes * --destination-port-ranges $SQLPort --direction Inbound --protocol Tcp --source-address-prefixes * `
-            --source-port-ranges * | ConvertFrom-Json;
+            --destination-address-prefixes '*' --destination-port-ranges $SQLPort --direction Inbound --protocol Tcp --source-address-prefixes '*' `
+            --source-port-ranges '*' | ConvertFrom-Json;
 if (!$output) {
     Write-Error "Error creating NIC MSSQLRule";
     return
@@ -163,7 +177,7 @@ $SQLVM|Out-String|Log-Output;
 Log-Output 'DONE: Applying SqlVM Config'
 
 Log-Output 'START: Prep SQL Server for tSQLt Build'
-$DS = Invoke-Sqlcmd -InputFile "$dir/GetSQLServerVersion.sql" -ServerInstance "$FQDN,$SQLPort" -Username "$SQLUserName" -Password "$SQLPwd" -As DataSet
+$DS = Invoke-Sqlcmd -InputFile "$dir/GetSQLServerVersion.sql" -ServerInstance "$FQDN,$SQLPort" -Username "$SQLUserName" -Password "$SQLPwd" -As DataSet -TrustServerCertificate
 $DS.Tables[0].Rows | %{ Log-Output "{ $($_['LoginName']), $($_['TimeStamp']), $($_['VersionDetail']), $($_['ProductVersion']), $($_['ProductLevel']), $($_['SqlVersion']), $($_['ServerCollation']) }" }
 
 $ActualSQLVersion = $DS.Tables[0].Rows[0]['SqlVersion'];