diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer/SequentialGuidIdentityGenerator.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer/SequentialGuidIdentityGenerator.cs
index f2b6d370d31..3971e98a392 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer/SequentialGuidIdentityGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer/SequentialGuidIdentityGenerator.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class SequentialGuidIdentityGenerator : IIdentityGenerator<Guid>
 
         static SequentialGuidIdentityGenerator()
         {
-            _counter = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
+            _counter = DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks;
         }
 
         public Task<Guid> NextAsync()
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ public Task<Guid> NextAsync()
             var guidBytes = Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray();
             var counterBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(Interlocked.Increment(ref _counter));
 
+            if (!BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
+            {
+                Array.Reverse(counterBytes);
+            }
+
             guidBytes[08] = counterBytes[1];
             guidBytes[09] = counterBytes[0];
             guidBytes[10] = counterBytes[7];
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer.FunctionalTest/SequentialGuidIdentityGeneratorTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer.FunctionalTest/SequentialGuidIdentityGeneratorTest.cs
index 4e396aa28ce..dada3c6219e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer.FunctionalTest/SequentialGuidIdentityGeneratorTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Data.SqlServer.FunctionalTest/SequentialGuidIdentityGeneratorTest.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlServer
     public class SequentialGuidIdentityGeneratorTest
     {
         [Fact]
-        public async Task Can_get_next_values()
+        public async Task CanGetNextValues()
         {
             var sequentialGuidIdentityGenerator = new SequentialGuidIdentityGenerator();
             var values = new List<Guid>();