diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3efe84aa..64d32051 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ jobs:
           MSSQL_IP_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0
     executor: python/default 
     steps:
+      - run: &install-git
+          name: "TEMP: install Git"
+          command: |
+            apt-get install -y git
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: wait for SQL Server container to set up
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
   connection-sqlserver:
     <<: *sqlserver
     steps:
+      - run: *install-git
       - checkout
       - python/install-packages:
           pkg-manager: pip
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       - image: dataders/pyodbc:1.4
     executor: python/default 
     steps:
+      - run: *install-git
       - checkout
       - python/install-packages:
           pkg-manager: pip
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - image: dataders/pyodbc:1.4
     executor: python/default 
     steps:
+      - run: *install-git
       - checkout
       - python/install-packages:
           pkg-manager: pip
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py
index 6a7765be..c5d79de0 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = '0.18.1'
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+version = '0.19.0rc2'
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diff --git a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/connections.py
index 35027fab..cbb86905 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/connections.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import dbt.exceptions
 from dbt.adapters.base import Credentials
 from dbt.adapters.sql import SQLConnectionManager
+from dbt.contracts.connection import AdapterResponse
 from azure.core.credentials import AccessToken
 from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential, DefaultAzureCredential
 
@@ -258,6 +259,9 @@ def open(cls, connection):
                 if getattr(credentials, "trust_cert", False) is True:
                     con_str.append(f"TrustServerCertificate=Yes")
 
+            application_name = f"dbt-{credentials.type}"
+            con_str.append(f"APP={application_name}")
+
             con_str_concat = ';'.join(con_str)
 
             index = []
@@ -347,7 +351,7 @@ def add_query(self, sql, auto_begin=True, bindings=None, abridge_sql_log=False):
 
             logger.debug(
                 "SQL status: {} in {:0.2f} seconds".format(
-                    self.get_status(cursor), (time.time() - pre)
+                    self.get_response(cursor), (time.time() - pre)
                 )
             )
 
@@ -358,16 +362,26 @@ def get_credentials(cls, credentials):
         return credentials
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_status(cls, cursor):
-        if cursor.rowcount == -1:
-            status = "OK"
-        else:
-            status = str(cursor.rowcount)
-        return status
+    def get_response(cls, cursor) -> AdapterResponse:
+        #message = str(cursor.statusmessage)
+        message = 'OK'
+        rows = cursor.rowcount
+        #status_message_parts = message.split() if message is not None else []
+        #status_messsage_strings = [
+        #    part
+        #    for part in status_message_parts
+        #    if not part.isdigit()
+        #]
+        #code = ' '.join(status_messsage_strings)
+        return AdapterResponse(
+            _message=message,
+            #code=code,
+            rows_affected=rows
+        )
 
     def execute(self, sql, auto_begin=True, fetch=False):
         _, cursor = self.add_query(sql, auto_begin)
-        status = self.get_status(cursor)
+        status = self.get_response(cursor)
         if fetch:
             table = self.get_result_from_cursor(cursor)
         else:
diff --git a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/snapshot/strategies.sql b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/snapshot/strategies.sql
index 812f63fc..b728adb0 100644
--- a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/snapshot/strategies.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/snapshot/strategies.sql
@@ -4,41 +4,3 @@
     {% endfor %}), 2)
 {% endmacro %}
 
-{% macro snapshot_check_strategy(node, snapshotted_rel, current_rel, config, target_exists) %}
-    {% set check_cols_config = config['check_cols'] %}
-    {% set primary_key = config['unique_key'] %}
-    {% set updated_at = snapshot_get_time() %}
-
-    {% if check_cols_config == 'all' %}
-        {% set check_cols = get_columns_in_query(node['injected_sql']) %}
-    {% elif check_cols_config is iterable and (check_cols_config | length) > 0 %}
-        {% set check_cols = check_cols_config %}
-    {% else %}
-        {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error("Invalid value for 'check_cols': " ~ check_cols_config) %}
-    {% endif %}
-
-    {% set row_changed_expr -%}
-        (
-        {% for col in check_cols %}
-            {{ snapshotted_rel }}.{{ col }} != {{ current_rel }}.{{ col }}
-            or
-            (
-                (({{ snapshotted_rel }}.{{ col }} is null) and not ({{ current_rel }}.{{ col }} is null))
-                or
-                ((not {{ snapshotted_rel }}.{{ col }} is null) and ({{ current_rel }}.{{ col }} is null))
-            )
-            {%- if not loop.last %} or {% endif %}
-
-        {% endfor %}
-        )
-    {%- endset %}
-
-    {% set scd_id_expr = sqlserver__snapshot_hash_arguments([primary_key, updated_at]) %}
-
-    {% do return({
-        "unique_key": primary_key,
-        "updated_at": updated_at,
-        "row_changed": row_changed_expr,
-        "scd_id": scd_id_expr
-    }) %}
-{% endmacro %}
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3d44b029..ce397cdd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-dbt-core~=0.18.0
+dbt-core==0.19.0rc2
 pyodbc>=4.0.27
 azure-identity>=1.4.0
 black~=20.8b1
-pytest-dbt-adapter~=0.3.0
+pytest-dbt-adapter~=0.4.0
 tox==3.2.0
 flake8>=3.5.0
 certifi==2020.6.20
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6fdce2d3..996eeaaf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def _dbt_sqlserver_version():
 package_version = _dbt_sqlserver_version()
 description = """A sqlserver adapter plugin for dbt (data build tool)"""
 
-dbt_version = '0.18.1'
+dbt_version = '0.19.0'
 # the package version should be the dbt version, with maybe some things on the
 # ends of it. (0.18.1 vs 0.18.1a1, 0.18.1.1, ...)
 if not package_version.startswith(dbt_version):
@@ -56,5 +56,9 @@ def _dbt_sqlserver_version():
             "include/sqlserver/macros/**/**/*.sql",
         ]
     },
-    install_requires=["dbt-core~=0.18.0", "pyodbc>=4.0.27", "azure-identity>=1.4.0"],
+    install_requires=[
+        'dbt-core==0.19.0rc2',
+        "pyodbc>=4.0.27",
+        "azure-identity>=1.4.0",
+    ]
 )
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