Download an AdventureWorks database

Note You can download the OLTP LT version by clicking the SQL Server 2012 OLTP tile.

• The AdventureWorks OLTP database supports standard online transaction processing scenarios for a fictitious bicycle manufacturer (Adventure Works Cycles). Scenarios include Manufacturing, Sales, Purchasing, Product Management, Contact Management, and Human Resources.
• The Adventure Works DW database demonstrates how to build a data warehouse.
• The Adventure Works LT database is a highly simplified and smaller sample database which is helpful for those who are new to relational database technology.
• The SQL Azure database is SQL Azure version of the AdventureWorks2012 database.

You can download the schema diagrams here.  SQL Server 2005 product sample databases are still available.