From 0f56351202963c75d8d7f490a26e2e6aa7a764d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Haihan Jiang <haihanj99@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 10:10:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: explain SQL Server SSL option

---
 README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f04faff6..6bfa8396 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ connection.close();
 connector.close();
 ```
 
+If your Cloud SQL for SQL Server instance requires SSL connections, configure
+the `tedious` driver to use encryption in addition to the connector-managed
+secure connection:
+
+```js
+options: {
+  ...clientOpts,
+  encrypt: true,
+  trustServerCertificate: true,
+}
+```
+
 ### Using a Local Proxy Tunnel (Unix domain socket)
 
 Another possible way to use the Cloud SQL Node.js Connector is by creating a