[AdventureWorks] is a sample database used for learning and testing that was originally created by Microsoft for demonstration purposes.
There are 3 different types and many versions of [AdventureWorks] database are available as backup files that can be downloaded and restore from below link :
First type is "OLTP" contains online transaction data. Second is "Datawarehouse" contains data warehouse workload data.The third is "Lightweight" which is lightweight in size and down version of OLTP sample.
1. Go to the Microsoft SQL Server sample database download page :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/samples/adventure works-install-configure?view=sql-server-ver16&tabs=ssms
2. Use given links to download appropriate sample database suits your scenario. If you are beginner feel free to click on any OLTP links to start download.
AdventureWorks can be installed in SQL Server using the provided installation scripts.
AdventureWorks is a sample database designed for online transaction processing (OLTP), while AdventureWorksDW is a data warehouse version of AdventureWorks optimized for online analytical processing (OLAP).
AdventureWorks is a sample database created by Microsoft for learning and testing purposes.
Install AdventureWorks in Azure Data Studio by executing the SQL scripts or by importing the database backup file.