diff --git a/config-dist.php b/config-dist.php
index 42624a0cd31..1dcde3675a8 100644
--- a/config-dist.php
+++ b/config-dist.php
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ $CFG->dboptions = array(
                                 // can be removed for MySQL (by default it will
                                 // use 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'. This option should
                                 // be removed for all other databases.
+    // 'extrainfo' => [],       // Extra information for the DB driver, e.g. SQL Server,
+                                // has additional configuration according to its environment,
+                                // which the administrator can specify to alter and
+                                // override any connection options.
     // 'fetchbuffersize' => 100000, // On PostgreSQL, this option sets a limit
                                 // on the number of rows that are fetched into
                                 // memory when doing a large recordset query
diff --git a/lib/dml/sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php b/lib/dml/sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php
index 37a1d9fe4ba..7ba61da93b2 100644
--- a/lib/dml/sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php
+++ b/lib/dml/sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php
@@ -208,21 +208,28 @@ class sqlsrv_native_moodle_database extends moodle_database {
 
         $this->store_settings($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname, $prefix, $dboptions);
 
+        $options = [
+            'UID' => $this->dbuser,
+            'PWD' => $this->dbpass,
+            'Database' => $this->dbname,
+            'CharacterSet' => 'UTF-8',
+            'MultipleActiveResultSets' => true,
+            'ConnectionPooling' => !empty($this->dboptions['dbpersist']),
+            'ReturnDatesAsStrings' => true,
+        ];
+
         $dbhost = $this->dbhost;
         if (!empty($dboptions['dbport'])) {
             $dbhost .= ',' . $dboptions['dbport'];
         }
 
-        $this->sqlsrv = sqlsrv_connect($dbhost, array
-         (
-          'UID' => $this->dbuser,
-          'PWD' => $this->dbpass,
-          'Database' => $this->dbname,
-          'CharacterSet' => 'UTF-8',
-          'MultipleActiveResultSets' => true,
-          'ConnectionPooling' => !empty($this->dboptions['dbpersist']),
-          'ReturnDatesAsStrings' => true,
-         ));
+        // The sqlsrv_connect() has a lot of connection options to be used.
+        // Users can add any supported options with the 'extrainfo' key in the dboptions.
+        if (isset($this->dboptions['extrainfo'])) {
+            $options = array_merge($options, $this->dboptions['extrainfo']);
+        }
+
+        $this->sqlsrv = sqlsrv_connect($dbhost, $options);
 
         if ($this->sqlsrv === false) {
             $this->sqlsrv = null;
diff --git a/lib/upgrade.txt b/lib/upgrade.txt
index 197f48cbceb..36463e05d6e 100644
--- a/lib/upgrade.txt
+++ b/lib/upgrade.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 This files describes API changes in core libraries and APIs,
 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
 
+=== 4.1.3 ===
+* Added 'extrainfo' in the DB options config. Its extra information for the DB driver, e.g. SQL Server,
+  has additional configuration according to its environment, which the administrator can specify to alter and
+  override any connection options.
+
 === 4.1.2 ===
 
 * The method `flexible_table::set_columnsattributes` now can be used with 'class' key to add custom classes to the DOM.