diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
index 2aaccd8713486..1a5939f949d96 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ const sqlAzureDBResourceGovernance string = `
 IF SERVERPROPERTY('EngineEdition') = 5  -- Is this Azure SQL DB?
 SELECT
   'sqlserver_db_resource_governance' AS [measurement],
-   @@servername AS [sql_instance],
+   REPLACE(@@SERVERNAME,'\',':') AS [sql_instance],
    DB_NAME() as [database_name],
    slo_name,
 	dtu_limit,
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ BEGIN
         IF SERVERPROPERTY('EngineEdition') = 8  -- Is this Azure SQL Managed Instance?
          SELECT
            'sqlserver_instance_resource_governance' AS [measurement],
-           @@SERVERNAME AS [sql_instance],
+           REPLACE(@@SERVERNAME,'\',':') AS [sql_instance],
            instance_cap_cpu,
            instance_max_log_rate,
            instance_max_worker_threads,
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ SELECT  blocking_session_id into #blockingSessions FROM sys.dm_exec_requests WHE
 create index ix_blockingSessions_1 on #blockingSessions (blocking_session_id)
 SELECT	
    'sqlserver_requests' AS [measurement],
-    @@servername AS [sql_instance],
+    REPLACE(@@SERVERNAME,'\',':') AS [sql_instance],
     DB_NAME() as [database_name],
 	r.session_id
 	, r.request_id