diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.java
index ae98a220c..a58b7647d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ enum CallableHandles {
         SP_STORED_PROCEDURES("{call sp_stored_procedures(?, ?, ?) }", "{call sp_stored_procedures(?, ?, ?) }"),
         SP_TABLE_PRIVILEGES("{call sp_table_privileges(?,?,?) }", "{call sp_table_privileges(?,?,?) }"),
         SP_PKEYS("{ call sp_pkeys (?, ?, ?)}", "{ call sp_pkeys (?, ?, ?)}");
+
         // stored procs before Katmai ie SS10
         private final String preKatProc;
         // procs on or after katmai
@@ -637,7 +638,7 @@ public java.sql.ResultSet getColumns(String catalog, String schema, String table
                     + "CASE SS_IS_COMPUTED WHEN 0 THEN 'NO' WHEN 1 THEN 'YES' WHEN '' THEN '' END AS IS_GENERATEDCOLUMN, "
                     + "SS_IS_SPARSE, SS_IS_COLUMN_SET, SS_UDT_CATALOG_NAME, SS_UDT_SCHEMA_NAME, SS_UDT_ASSEMBLY_TYPE_NAME,"
                     + "SS_XML_SCHEMACOLLECTION_CATALOG_NAME, SS_XML_SCHEMACOLLECTION_SCHEMA_NAME, SS_XML_SCHEMACOLLECTION_NAME "
-                    + "FROM @mssqljdbc_temp_sp_columns_result;";
+                    + "FROM @mssqljdbc_temp_sp_columns_result ORDER BY TABLE_CAT, TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION;";
             SQLServerResultSet rs = null;
             PreparedStatement pstmt = (SQLServerPreparedStatement) this.connection.prepareStatement(spColumnsSql);
             pstmt.closeOnCompletion();
@@ -746,7 +747,10 @@ public java.sql.ResultSet getColumns(String catalog, String schema, String table
 
                     if (0 == azureDwSelectBuilder.length()) {
                         azureDwSelectBuilder.append(generateAzureDWEmptyRS(getColumnsDWColumns));
+                    } else {
+                        azureDwSelectBuilder.append(" ORDER BY TABLE_CAT, TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION ");
                     }
+                    
                     resultPstmt = (SQLServerPreparedStatement) this.connection
                             .prepareStatement(azureDwSelectBuilder.toString());
                     userRs = (SQLServerResultSet) resultPstmt.executeQuery();
@@ -1040,7 +1044,8 @@ private ResultSet executeSPFkeys(String[] procParams) throws SQLException, SQLTi
                     "END as UPDATE_RULE, " + "CASE s.delete_referential_action " + "WHEN 1 THEN 0 " + "WHEN 0 THEN 3 "
                     + "WHEN 2 THEN 2 " + "WHEN 3 THEN 4 " + "END as DELETE_RULE, " + "t.FK_NAME, " + "t.PK_NAME, "
                     + "t.DEFERRABILITY " + "FROM " + tempTableName + " t "
-                    + "LEFT JOIN sys.foreign_keys s ON t.FK_NAME = s.name COLLATE database_default AND schema_id(t.FKTABLE_OWNER) = s.schema_id";
+                    + "LEFT JOIN sys.foreign_keys s ON t.FK_NAME = s.name COLLATE database_default AND schema_id(t.FKTABLE_OWNER) = s.schema_id "
+                    + "ORDER BY PKTABLE_CAT, PKTABLE_SCHEM, PKTABLE_NAME, KEY_SEQ";
             SQLServerCallableStatement cstmt = (SQLServerCallableStatement) connection.prepareCall(sql);
             cstmt.closeOnCompletion();
             for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {