Restore AdventureWorks

There are several SQL Server sample databases from Microsoft, and one of the easiest to start and still somewhat up-to-date is AdventureWorks. There are various versions and editions of the database, and they are described in the Microsoft document "AdventureWorks sample databases".

This is an example on how to restore AdventuresWorks on a SQL Server Database Engine instance. The scripts and technical details are in the Github repository SQLAdmin (AdventureWorks).

Before you start restoring you have to make the backup file available to the instance. This can be done by copying the file to the default backup location of the Database Engine instance.

Then you can start the restore and some minor configurations to make the database available as below.

The configurations are not necessary to make the database available to you, but they are nice to make it general available and functional on SQL Server. Configuring Query Store on the database is optional before SQL Server 2022, but could be handy on a non-production instance.

History

2024-10-28 : Post made general and with scripts in Github.
2022-05-05 : Post created on SQL Server 2019