diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef6690ba..51d545cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ See [here](http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2013/05/25/greader/) for an alternative me
 Deployment on your own server
 -----------------------------
 
-For storage, you can either use an embedded HSQLDB database or an external MySQL or PostgreSQL database.
+For storage, you can either use an embedded HSQLDB database or an external MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLServer database.
 You also need Maven 3.x (and a Java 1.7+ JDK) installed in order to build the application.
 
 To install maven and openjdk on Ubuntu, issue the following commands
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ If you don't have git you can download the sources as a zip file from [here](htt
     
 Now build the application
 
-	Embedded HSQL database
+	Embedded HSQL database:
     mvn clean package tomee:build -Pprod
     
 	External MySQL database:
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ Now build the application
     External PostgreSQL database:
     mvn clean package tomee:build -Pprod -Ppgsql
     
+    External Microsoft SQL Server database:
+    mvn clean package tomee:build -Pprod -Pmssql
+    
 It will generate a zip file at `target/commafeed.zip` with everything you need to run the application.
 
 * Create a directory somewhere (e.g. `/opt/commafeed/`) and extract the generated zip inside this directory.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0fda3085..1d0eb186 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 		<production>false</production>
 		<jpa.show_sql>false</jpa.show_sql>
 		<jpa.datasource.name>java:openejb/Resource/My DataSource</jpa.datasource.name>
-		<jpa.dialect>org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect</jpa.dialect>
 		<jpa.cache>false</jpa.cache>
 		<cache_service.class>com.commafeed.backend.cache.NoopCacheService</cache_service.class>
 	</properties>
@@ -120,6 +119,7 @@
 						<lib>org.hsqldb:hsqldb:SNAPSHOT</lib>
 						<lib>mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.24</lib>
 						<lib>postgresql:postgresql:9.1-901.jdbc4</lib>
+						<lib>net.sourceforge.jtds:jtds:1.3.0</lib>
 
 						<lib>org.infinispan:infinispan-core:5.1.4.FINAL</lib>
 						<lib>org.hibernate:hibernate-infinispan:4.1.11.Final</lib>
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@
 			<id>openshift</id>
 			<properties>
 				<jpa.datasource.name>java:jboss/datasources/MysqlDS</jpa.datasource.name>
-				<jpa.dialect>com.commafeed.backend.MySQL5Dialect</jpa.dialect>
 			</properties>
 			<build>
 				<finalName>commafeed</finalName>
@@ -474,14 +473,18 @@
 			<id>mysql</id>
 			<properties>
 				<jpa.datasource.name>java:openejb/Resource/MySQL</jpa.datasource.name>
-				<jpa.dialect>com.commafeed.backend.MySQL5Dialect</jpa.dialect>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>pgsql</id>
 			<properties>
 				<jpa.datasource.name>java:openejb/Resource/PostgreSQL</jpa.datasource.name>
-				<jpa.dialect>org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect</jpa.dialect>
+			</properties>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>mssql</id>
+			<properties>
+				<jpa.datasource.name>java:openejb/Resource/MSSQL</jpa.datasource.name>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/MySQL5Dialect.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/MySQL5Dialect.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 70edf93e..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/MySQL5Dialect.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package com.commafeed.backend;
-
-import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect;
-
-public class MySQL5Dialect extends MySQL5InnoDBDialect {
-
-	public String getTableTypeString() {
-		return " ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8";
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index cc29416a..ba113c73 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 			<property name="use_sql_comments" value="true" />
 			<property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="${jpa.show_sql}" />
 
-			<property name="hibernate.dialect" value="${jpa.dialect}" />
 			<property name="hibernate.default_batch_fetch_size" value="100" />
 
 			<property name="hibernate.jdbc.batch_size" value="50" />
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.1.xml b/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.1.xml
index 9ae26e21..02ab473d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.1.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.1.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 	</changeSet>
 
 	<changeSet author="athou" id="recreate-sequences">
+		<validCheckSum>7:094e881ed7e4fa14fb1f61147ce44acc</validCheckSum>
+		<validCheckSum>7:f4bf2004a72bb41daa128df5771af902</validCheckSum>
 		<preConditions onFail="MARK_RAN" onFailMessage="table already exists">
 			<not>
 				<tableExists tableName="hibernate_sequences" />
@@ -41,16 +43,16 @@
 			<column name="sequence_name" type="VARCHAR(255)" />
 			<column name="sequence_next_hi_value" type="INT" />
 		</createTable>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'APPLICATIONSETTINGS', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from APPLICATIONSETTINGS</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDCATEGORIES', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDCATEGORIES</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDENTRIES', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDENTRIES</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDENTRYCONTENTS', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDENTRYCONTENTS</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDENTRYSTATUSES', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDENTRYSTATUSES</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDS', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDS</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDSUBSCRIPTIONS', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDSUBSCRIPTIONS</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'USERROLES', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from USERROLES</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'USERS', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from USERS</sql>
-		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'USERSETTINGS', COALESCE(ceil(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from USERSETTINGS</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'APPLICATIONSETTINGS', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from APPLICATIONSETTINGS</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDCATEGORIES', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDCATEGORIES</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDENTRIES', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDENTRIES</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDENTRYCONTENTS', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDENTRYCONTENTS</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDENTRYSTATUSES', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDENTRYSTATUSES</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDS', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDS</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'FEEDSUBSCRIPTIONS', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from FEEDSUBSCRIPTIONS</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'USERROLES', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from USERROLES</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'USERS', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from USERS</sql>
+		<sql>insert into hibernate_sequences(sequence_name, sequence_next_hi_value) select 'USERSETTINGS', COALESCE(ceiling(max(id) / 1000 + 2), 1) from USERSETTINGS</sql>
 	</changeSet>
 
 	<changeSet author="athou" id="add-log-level">
diff --git a/src/main/tomee/conf/tomee.xml b/src/main/tomee/conf/tomee.xml
index bf417791..29411b7e 100644
--- a/src/main/tomee/conf/tomee.xml
+++ b/src/main/tomee/conf/tomee.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
 	</Resource>
  -->
  
+  <!-- 
+	<Resource id="MSSQL" type="DataSource">
+		JdbcDriver net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
+        JdbcUrl jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433/commafeed;instance=<instanceName, remove if not needed>
+		UserName cf
+		Password cf
+		MaxActive 50
+	</Resource>
+ -->