Hello, wasim.

Yeah, you're right.  There's been quite some time...

Thank you very much for your help, Thom.
I think it will not be necessary, though.  I talked with my team, explained my tests and findings and for the moment...

They definitely are not the same.  As Steve explained, CI stands for Case Insensitve while CS stands for Case Sensitve, and that's why I need to modify it.
In our environment...

Thank you for your answer, Thom.

I tried Steve suggestion but without luck.  It just seems the SQL Server installation simply ignores the collation parameter and sets it to...

I knew I saw that list of parameters before but then I was not able to find that page again!  Thanks a lot, it goes to my favorites right away.