diff --git a/extensions/mssql/package.json b/extensions/mssql/package.json
index 9aff8f2ec2..85cc8c22bc 100644
--- a/extensions/mssql/package.json
+++ b/extensions/mssql/package.json
@@ -487,29 +487,6 @@
             }
           ]
         }
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "mssql-databases",
-        "description": "%mssql.tabs.databases%",
-        "provider": "*",
-        "title": "%mssql.tabs.databases%",
-        "when": "dashboardContext == 'server' && !mssql:iscloud && mssql:engineedition != 11",
-        "group": "home",
-        "icon": "resources/database.svg",
-        "container": {
-          "widgets-container": [
-            {
-              "name": "%explorer-widget-title%",
-              "gridItemConfig": {
-                "sizex": 3,
-                "sizey": 3
-              },
-              "widget": {
-                "explorer-widget": {}
-              }
-            }
-          ]
-        }
       }
     ],
     "connectionProvider": {
diff --git a/extensions/mssql/package.nls.json b/extensions/mssql/package.nls.json
index 8d4cafee8f..983a7e3ca1 100644
--- a/extensions/mssql/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/mssql/package.nls.json
@@ -140,8 +140,5 @@
 	"mssql.connectionOptions.packetSize.displayName": "Packet size",
 	"mssql.connectionOptions.packetSize.description": "Size in bytes of the network packets used to communicate with an instance of SQL Server",
 	"mssql.connectionOptions.typeSystemVersion.displayName": "Type system version",
-	"mssql.connectionOptions.typeSystemVersion.description": "Indicates which server type system the provider will expose through the DataReader",
-
-	"mssql.tabs.databases": "Databases",
-	"explorer-widget-title": "Search"
+	"mssql.connectionOptions.typeSystemVersion.description": "Indicates which server type system the provider will expose through the DataReader"
 }
diff --git a/src/sql/media/icons/common-icons.css b/src/sql/media/icons/common-icons.css
index 1a0b985de0..467b2c3429 100644
--- a/src/sql/media/icons/common-icons.css
+++ b/src/sql/media/icons/common-icons.css
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@
 	background-image: url('ellipsis-blue.svg');
 }
 
+.database-colored.codicon {
+	background-image: url("database_colored.svg");
+}
 
 .small {
 	width: 16px;
diff --git a/extensions/mssql/resources/database.svg b/src/sql/media/icons/database_colored.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from extensions/mssql/resources/database.svg
rename to src/sql/media/icons/database_colored.svg
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/core/dashboardTab.contribution.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/core/dashboardTab.contribution.ts
index 5c813e4317..30f51384cd 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/core/dashboardTab.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/core/dashboardTab.contribution.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { GRID_CONTAINER, validateGridContainerContribution } from 'sql/workbench
 import { values } from 'vs/base/common/collections';
 import { IUserFriendlyIcon } from 'sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/core/dashboardWidget';
 import { isValidIcon, createCSSRuleForIcon } from 'sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/dashboardIconUtil';
-import { IDashboardTabGroup } from 'sql/workbench/services/dashboard/browser/common/interfaces';
+import { IDashboardTabGroup, IDashboardTab } from 'sql/workbench/services/dashboard/browser/common/interfaces';
 
 export interface IDashboardTabContrib {
 	id: string;
@@ -265,3 +265,35 @@ const PredefinedTabGroups: IDashboardTabGroup[] = [
 ];
 
 PredefinedTabGroups.forEach(tabGroup => registerTabGroup(tabGroup));
+
+/**
+ * Common Tabs
+ */
+const CommonTabs: IDashboardTab[] = [
+	{
+		id: 'databasesTab',
+		description: localize('databasesTabDescription', "databases tab"),
+		provider: 'MSSQL',
+		title: localize('databasesTabTitle', "Databases"),
+		when: 'dashboardContext == \'server\' && !mssql:iscloud && mssql:engineedition != 11',
+		group: 'home',
+		iconClass: 'database-colored',
+		publisher: undefined,
+		container: {
+			'widgets-container': [
+				{
+					name: localize('databasesWidgetTitle', "Search"),
+					gridItemConfig: {
+						sizex: 3,
+						sizey: 3
+					},
+					widget: {
+						'explorer-widget': {}
+					}
+				}
+			]
+		}
+	}
+];
+
+CommonTabs.forEach(tab => registerTab(tab));
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/pages/serverDashboardPage.contribution.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/pages/serverDashboardPage.contribution.ts
index 184dd983a0..940a8e0a3a 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/pages/serverDashboardPage.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/dashboard/browser/pages/serverDashboardPage.contribution.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ const defaultVal = [
 			sizex: 2,
 			sizey: 2
 		},
-		when: 'mssql:engineedition == 11 || mssql:iscloud',
+		when: 'connectionProvider != \'MSSQL\' || mssql:engineedition == 11 || mssql:iscloud',
 		widget: {
 			'explorer-widget': {}
 		}