diff --git a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
index 0b8a16b95..ba6b07e3a 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Xp_cmdshell:
     def _xpCmdshellCreate(self):
         cmd = ""
 
-        if Backend.isVersionWithin(("2005", "2008")):
+        if Backend.isVersionWithin(("2005", "2008", "2012")):
             logger.debug("activating sp_OACreate")
 
             cmd = getSQLSnippet(DBMS.MSSQL, "activate_sp_oacreate")
diff --git a/plugins/dbms/mssqlserver/fingerprint.py b/plugins/dbms/mssqlserver/fingerprint.py
index fc249b689..05b636297 100644
--- a/plugins/dbms/mssqlserver/fingerprint.py
+++ b/plugins/dbms/mssqlserver/fingerprint.py
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ class Fingerprint(GenericFingerprint):
 
             for version, check in (("2000", "HOST_NAME()=HOST_NAME()"), \
                                     ("2005", "XACT_STATE()=XACT_STATE()"), \
-                                    ("2008", "SYSDATETIME()=SYSDATETIME()")):
+                                    ("2008", "SYSDATETIME()=SYSDATETIME()"), \
+                                    ("2012", "CONCAT(NULL,NULL)=CONCAT(NULL,NULL)")):
                 result = inject.checkBooleanExpression(check)
 
                 if result: