Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Installing AdventureWorks Sample Databases from Microsoft

1. Type in the following URL into your browser's address bar
     http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/

2.  Click on the "Download" button on page
AdventureWorks download button


3.  Click on the recommended download link

Adventure Works 2014 Sample Databases

4.  Unizp the file you just downloaded

5.  Open the SQL Server Management Studio, then right click on "Databases" and then select "Restore Database"
SQL Server Manager Studio


6.  Select "Device" under "Source"

SQL Server Device

7.  Click on the "..." button, and the "Select" backup devices will appear, select "File" for "Backup media type"

Select backup devices


8.  Click on the "Add" button, and select the "AdventureWorks2014.bak" file, then click "OK"

AdventureWorks2014.bak

8.  Click "OK" on the "Select backup devices" screen

Select backup devices

9.  Click "OK" on "Restore Database" window

Restore database

10.  A message will pop up that says you have successfully restored the AdventureWorks2014 database

Database 'AdventureWorks2014' restored successfully.

11.  The "AdventureWorks2014" database is now added to your SQL Server instance

AdventureWorks2014


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