This post is out of date. The download links and the steps below belong to an older version of SQL Server. I keep one current guide for both sample databases, and I update that one instead of this page.
If you are using SQL Server there are good chances that you are familiar with AdventureWorks. AdventureWorks is a Sample Database shipped with SQL Server and it can be downloaded from GitHub site. AdventureWorks have replaced Northwind and Pubs from the sample database in SQL Server 2005. The Microsoft team keeps updating the sample database as they release new versions. I use the AdventureWorks database for most of my example, as it is easy to use sample database which is accessible for most of the people out there. Let us learn to install AdventureWorks.
Every new version of SQL Server should have its own AdventureWorks database. The reason is that SQL Server comes up with new features with every version and most of the new features need a new dataset sample to demonstrate the capabilities of the features. This is the why every version of SQL Server has its own AdventureWorks database.
SQL Server 2014 has many new features and to support that Microsoft has released new AdventureWorks 2014 Sample Database.
You can download Adventure Works 2014 Sample Databases from here.
Here is a quick tutorial how one can install the AdventureWorks database on your server.
In the year 2016 Microsoft has replaced AdventureWorks with WideWorldImports database. You can read about that over here: Download and Install Sample Database WideWorldImporters
Still need to install these databases? Everything above is kept for the record. The steps that work today, the current download links and the errors people actually hit are all on one page, and that is the page I keep up to date.
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this worked; pointing to the right versions. Thanks Pinal Dave
Leon – Thanks for sharing.
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