diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241104-104610.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241104-104610.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c512d0bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241104-104610.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: 'Performance fixes for snowflake microbatch strategy: use temp view instead
+  of table, remove unnecessary ''using'' clause'
+time: 2024-11-04T10:46:10.005317-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: michelleark
+  Issue: "1228"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241106-113249.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241106-113249.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0437a8c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241106-113249.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: remove SnowflakeAdapterResponse in favor of updated AdapterResponse in base
+time: 2024-11-06T11:32:49.503467-08:00
+custom:
+  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
+  Issue: "1233"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/connections.py
index 10bee30f0..fc2c09c19 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/connections.py
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ def snowflake_private_key(private_key: RSAPrivateKey) -> bytes:
     )
 
 
-@dataclass
-class SnowflakeAdapterResponse(AdapterResponse):
-    query_id: str = ""
-
-
 @dataclass
 class SnowflakeCredentials(Credentials):
     account: str
@@ -447,17 +442,17 @@ def cancel(self, connection):
         logger.debug("Cancel query '{}': {}".format(connection_name, res))
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_response(cls, cursor) -> SnowflakeAdapterResponse:
+    def get_response(cls, cursor) -> AdapterResponse:
         code = cursor.sqlstate
 
         if code is None:
             code = "SUCCESS"
-
-        return SnowflakeAdapterResponse(
+        query_id = str(cursor.sfqid) if cursor.sfqid is not None else None
+        return AdapterResponse(
             _message="{} {}".format(code, cursor.rowcount),
             rows_affected=cursor.rowcount,
             code=code,
-            query_id=cursor.sfqid,
+            query_id=query_id,
         )
 
     # disable transactional logic by default on Snowflake
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/incremental.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/incremental.sql
index d73525d6d..dbb79de02 100644
--- a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/incremental.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/incremental.sql
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
        The append strategy can use a view because it will run a single INSERT statement.
 
-       When unique_key is none, the delete+insert strategy can use a view beacuse a
+       When unique_key is none, the delete+insert and microbatch strategies can use a view beacuse a
        single INSERT statement is run with no DELETES as part of the statement.
        Otherwise, play it safe by using a temporary table.
   #} */
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
     ) %}
   {% endif %}
 
-  {% if strategy == "delete+insert" and tmp_relation_type is not none and tmp_relation_type != "table" and unique_key is not none %}
+  {% if strategy in ["delete+insert", "microbatch"] and tmp_relation_type is not none and tmp_relation_type != "table" and unique_key is not none %}
     {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(
       "In order to maintain consistent results when `unique_key` is not none,
-      the `delete+insert` strategy only supports `table` for `tmp_relation_type` but "
+      the `" ~ strategy ~ "` strategy only supports `table` for `tmp_relation_type` but "
       ~ tmp_relation_type ~ " was specified."
       )
   %}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     {{ return("view") }}
   {% elif strategy in ("default", "merge", "append") %}
     {{ return("view") }}
-  {% elif strategy == "delete+insert" and unique_key is none %}
+  {% elif strategy in ["delete+insert", "microbatch"] and unique_key is none %}
     {{ return("view") }}
   {% else %}
     {{ return("table") }}
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/merge.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/merge.sql
index 57c58afdd..c8ac8d6fd 100644
--- a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/merge.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/materializations/merge.sql
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     {% do arg_dict.update({'incremental_predicates': incremental_predicates}) %}
 
     delete from {{ target }} DBT_INTERNAL_TARGET
-    using {{ source }}
     where (
     {% for predicate in incremental_predicates %}
         {%- if not loop.first %}and {% endif -%} {{ predicate }}
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py
index 32e73eb45..aa580aad2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.handle = mock.MagicMock(spec=snowflake_connector.SnowflakeConnection)
         self.cursor = self.handle.cursor.return_value
         self.mock_execute = self.cursor.execute
+        self.mock_execute.return_value = mock.MagicMock(sfqid="42")
         self.patcher = mock.patch("dbt.adapters.snowflake.connections.snowflake.connector.connect")
         self.snowflake = self.patcher.start()
+        self.snowflake.connect.cursor.return_value = mock.MagicMock(sfqid="42")
 
         # Create the Manifest.state_check patcher
         @mock.patch("dbt.parser.manifest.ManifestLoader.build_manifest_state_check")
@@ -90,7 +92,6 @@ def _mock_state_check(self):
         self.qh_patch = mock.patch.object(self.adapter.connections.query_header, "add")
         self.mock_query_header_add = self.qh_patch.start()
         self.mock_query_header_add.side_effect = lambda q: "/* dbt */\n{}".format(q)
-
         self.adapter.acquire_connection()
         inject_adapter(self.adapter, SnowflakePlugin)