diff --git a/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler.go
index 0b4ae633979..f9a3d731743 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler.go
@@ -27,21 +27,22 @@ type mssqlScaler struct {
 }
 
 type mssqlMetadata struct {
-	ConnectionString              string  `keda:"name=connectionString,order=authParams;resolvedEnv;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	Username                      string  `keda:"name=username,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	Password                      string  `keda:"name=password,order=authParams;resolvedEnv;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	Host                          string  `keda:"name=host,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	Port                          int     `keda:"name=port,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	Database                      string  `keda:"name=database,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	Query                         string  `keda:"name=query,order=triggerMetadata"`
-	TargetValue                   float64 `keda:"name=targetValue,order=triggerMetadata"`
-	ActivationTargetValue         float64 `keda:"name=activationTargetValue,order=triggerMetadata,optional,default=0"`
-	WorkloadIdentityClientID      string  `keda:"name=WorkloadIdentityClientID,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	WorkloadIdentityTenantID      string  `keda:"name=WorkloadIdentityTenantID,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	WorkloadIdentityAuthorityHost string  `keda:"name=WorkloadIdentityAuthorityHost,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
-	WorkloadIdentityResource      string  `keda:"name=WorkloadIdentityResource,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	ConnectionString      string  `keda:"name=connectionString,order=authParams;resolvedEnv;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	Username              string  `keda:"name=username,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	Password              string  `keda:"name=password,order=authParams;resolvedEnv;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	Host                  string  `keda:"name=host,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	Port                  int     `keda:"name=port,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	Database              string  `keda:"name=database,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	Query                 string  `keda:"name=query,order=triggerMetadata"`
+	TargetValue           float64 `keda:"name=targetValue,order=triggerMetadata"`
+	ActivationTargetValue float64 `keda:"name=activationTargetValue,order=triggerMetadata,optional,default=0"`
 
 	TriggerIndex int
+
+	WorkloadIdentityResource      string `keda:"name=WorkloadIdentityResource,order=authParams;triggerMetadata,optional"`
+	WorkloadIdentityClientID      string
+	WorkloadIdentityTenantID      string
+	WorkloadIdentityAuthorityHost string
 }
 
 func (m *mssqlMetadata) Validate() error {
@@ -144,32 +145,6 @@ func getMSSQLConnectionString(meta mssqlMetadata) string {
 	return connectionURL.String()
 }
 
-func (s *mssqlScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Context) []v2.MetricSpec {
-	externalMetric := &v2.ExternalMetricSource{
-		Metric: v2.MetricIdentifier{
-			Name: GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(s.metadata.TriggerIndex, "mssql"),
-		},
-		Target: GetMetricTargetMili(s.metricType, s.metadata.TargetValue),
-	}
-
-	metricSpec := v2.MetricSpec{
-		External: externalMetric, Type: externalMetricType,
-	}
-
-	return []v2.MetricSpec{metricSpec}
-}
-
-func (s *mssqlScaler) GetMetricsAndActivity(ctx context.Context, metricName string) ([]external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue, bool, error) {
-	num, err := s.getQueryResult(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, false, fmt.Errorf("error inspecting mssql: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	metric := GenerateMetricInMili(metricName, num)
-
-	return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{metric}, num > s.metadata.ActivationTargetValue, nil
-}
-
 func (s *mssqlScaler) getQueryResult(ctx context.Context) (float64, error) {
 	var value float64
 
@@ -217,3 +192,29 @@ func (s *mssqlScaler) Close(context.Context) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (s *mssqlScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Context) []v2.MetricSpec {
+	externalMetric := &v2.ExternalMetricSource{
+		Metric: v2.MetricIdentifier{
+			Name: GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(s.metadata.TriggerIndex, "mssql"),
+		},
+		Target: GetMetricTargetMili(s.metricType, s.metadata.TargetValue),
+	}
+
+	metricSpec := v2.MetricSpec{
+		External: externalMetric, Type: externalMetricType,
+	}
+
+	return []v2.MetricSpec{metricSpec}
+}
+
+func (s *mssqlScaler) GetMetricsAndActivity(ctx context.Context, metricName string) ([]external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue, bool, error) {
+	num, err := s.getQueryResult(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, false, fmt.Errorf("error inspecting mssql: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	metric := GenerateMetricInMili(metricName, num)
+
+	return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{metric}, num > s.metadata.ActivationTargetValue, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler_test.go
index 22ae1c14a21..2d18d495c3c 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/mssql_scaler_test.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ var testMSSQLMetadata = []parseMSSQLMetadataTestData{
 		},
 		resolvedEnv: map[string]string{},
 		authParams: map[string]string{
-			"workloadIdentityResource": "https://database.windows.net/",
+			"workloadIdentityResource": "mssql-resource-id",
 		},
 		podIdentity: v1alpha1.AuthPodIdentity{
 			Provider:              v1alpha1.PodIdentityProviderAzureWorkload,