diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/azuresqlqueries.go b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/azuresqlqueries.go
index 2358a12c3..03da02e87 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/azuresqlqueries.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/azuresqlqueries.go
@@ -456,13 +456,17 @@ WITH PerfCounters AS (
 			,'Readahead pages/sec'
 			,'Lazy writes/sec'
 			,'Checkpoint pages/sec'
+			,'Table Lock Escalations/sec'
 			,'Page life expectancy'
 			,'Log File(s) Size (KB)'
 			,'Log File(s) Used Size (KB)'
 			,'Data File(s) Size (KB)'
 			,'Transactions/sec'
 			,'Write Transactions/sec'
+			,'Active Transactions'
+			,'Log Growths'
 			,'Active Temp Tables'
+			,'Logical Connections'
 			,'Temp Tables Creation Rate'
 			,'Temp Tables For Destruction'
 			,'Free Space in tempdb (KB)'
@@ -519,6 +523,9 @@ WITH PerfCounters AS (
 			,'Mirrored Write Transactions/sec'
 			,'Group Commit Time'
 			,'Group Commits/Sec'
+			,'Distributed Query'
+			,'DTC calls'
+			,'Query Store CPU usage'
 		) OR (
 			spi.[object_name] LIKE '%User Settable%'
 			OR spi.[object_name] LIKE '%SQL Errors%'
@@ -988,13 +995,17 @@ WITH PerfCounters AS (
 			,'Readahead pages/sec'
 			,'Lazy writes/sec'
 			,'Checkpoint pages/sec'
+			,'Table Lock Escalations/sec'
 			,'Page life expectancy'
 			,'Log File(s) Size (KB)'
 			,'Log File(s) Used Size (KB)'
 			,'Data File(s) Size (KB)'
 			,'Transactions/sec'
 			,'Write Transactions/sec'
+			,'Active Transactions'
+			,'Log Growths'
 			,'Active Temp Tables'
+			,'Logical Connections'
 			,'Temp Tables Creation Rate'
 			,'Temp Tables For Destruction'
 			,'Free Space in tempdb (KB)'
@@ -1051,6 +1062,9 @@ WITH PerfCounters AS (
 			,'Mirrored Write Transactions/sec'
 			,'Group Commit Time'
 			,'Group Commits/Sec'
+			,'Distributed Query'
+			,'DTC calls'
+			,'Query Store CPU usage'
 		) OR (
 			spi.[object_name] LIKE '%User Settable%'
 			OR spi.[object_name] LIKE '%SQL Errors%'
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go
index 2af8e1eb7..a2ef3ca3c 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go
@@ -282,6 +282,17 @@ FROM sys.dm_os_schedulers AS s'
 EXEC sp_executesql @SqlStatement
 `
 
+/*
+This string defines a SQL statements to retrieve Performance Counters as documented here -
+	SQL Server Performance Objects - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance-monitor/use-sql-server-objects?view=sql-server-ver15#SQLServerPOs
+Some of the specific objects used are -
+	MSSQL$*:Access Methods - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance-monitor/sql-server-access-methods-object?view=sql-server-ver15
+	MSSQL$*:Buffer Manager - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance-monitor/sql-server-buffer-manager-object?view=sql-server-ver15
+	MSSQL$*:Databases - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance-monitor/sql-server-databases-object?view=sql-server-ver15
+	MSSQL$*:General Statistics - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance-monitor/sql-server-general-statistics-object?view=sql-server-ver15
+	MSSQL$*:Exec Statistics - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance-monitor/sql-server-execstatistics-object?view=sql-server-ver15
+	SQLServer:Query Store - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance-monitor/sql-server-query-store-object?view=sql-server-ver15
+*/
 const sqlServerPerformanceCounters string = `
 SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY -10;
 IF SERVERPROPERTY('EngineEdition') NOT IN (2,3,4) BEGIN /*NOT IN Standard,Enterpris,Express*/
@@ -331,13 +342,17 @@ SELECT DISTINCT
 			,'Readahead pages/sec'
 			,'Lazy writes/sec'
 			,'Checkpoint pages/sec'
+			,'Table Lock Escalations/sec'
 			,'Page life expectancy'
 			,'Log File(s) Size (KB)'
 			,'Log File(s) Used Size (KB)'
 			,'Data File(s) Size (KB)'
 			,'Transactions/sec'
 			,'Write Transactions/sec'
+			,'Active Transactions'
+			,'Log Growths'
 			,'Active Temp Tables'
+			,'Logical Connections'
 			,'Temp Tables Creation Rate'
 			,'Temp Tables For Destruction'
 			,'Free Space in tempdb (KB)'
@@ -394,6 +409,9 @@ SELECT DISTINCT
 			,'Mirrored Write Transactions/sec'
 			,'Group Commit Time'
 			,'Group Commits/Sec'
+			,'Distributed Query'
+			,'DTC calls'
+			,'Query Store CPU usage'
 		) OR (
 			spi.[object_name] LIKE '%User Settable%'
 			OR spi.[object_name] LIKE '%SQL Errors%'