diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cf39105454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+build: false
+shallow_clone: true
+platform: 'x86'
+clone_folder: c:\projects\cakephp
+branches:
+  only:
+    - 3.0
+    - 3.0-windows-ci
+environment:
+  global:
+    db_class: 'Cake\Database\Driver\SqlServer'
+    db_database: 'cakephp'
+    db_login: 'sa'
+    db_password: 'Password12!'
+    PHP: "C:/PHP"
+  matrix:
+      - db: 2008
+        db_dsn: 'sqlsrv:Server=.\SQL2008R2SP2;Database=cakephp;MultipleActiveResultSets=false'
+      - db: 2012
+        db_dsn: 'sqlsrv:Server=.\SQL2012SP1;Database=cakephp;MultipleActiveResultSets=false'
+services:
+  - mssql2008r2sp2
+  - mssql2012sp1
+init:
+  - SET PATH=C:\php\;%PATH%
+install:
+  - cd c:\
+  - ps: Start-FileDownload 'http://ci.cakephp.org/php.zip'
+  - 7z x php.zip -oc:\php
+  - cd c:\php
+  - copy php.ini-production php.ini
+  - echo date.timezone="UTC" >> php.ini
+  - echo extension_dir=ext >> php.ini
+  - echo extension=php_openssl.dll >> php.ini
+  - echo extension=php_sqlsrv.dll >> php.ini
+  - echo extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv.dll >> php.ini
+  - echo extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll >> php.ini
+  - echo extension=php_intl.dll >> php.ini
+  - echo extension=php_mbstring.dll >> php.ini
+  - cd C:\projects\cakephp
+  - php -r "readfile('https://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php
+  - php composer.phar install
+test_script:
+  - sqlcmd -S ".\SQL2008R2SP2" -U sa -P Password12! -Q "create database cakephp;"
+  - sqlcmd -S ".\SQL2012SP1" -U sa -P Password12! -Q "create database cakephp;"
+  - cd C:\projects\cakephp
+  - vendor\bin\phpunit.bat tests\TestCase\DatabaseSuite
diff --git a/src/Database/Driver/Sqlserver.php b/src/Database/Driver/Sqlserver.php
index 6254ab1ecc8..0f1e8a5de02 100644
--- a/src/Database/Driver/Sqlserver.php
+++ b/src/Database/Driver/Sqlserver.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Sqlserver extends \Cake\Database\Driver {
  * @var array
  */
 	protected $_baseConfig = [
-		'persistent' => true,
+		'persistent' => false,
 		'host' => 'localhost\SQLEXPRESS',
 		'login' => '',
 		'password' => '',