SQL Server Tutorial – Prerequisite

SQL Server Tutorial – Prerequisite

To start with SQL Server, you need to download and install SQL Server (Latest version recommended) from Microsoft and to do some hands-on throughout this tutorial and for assignments purposes, you need to download and attach AdventureWorksDatabase also. Below you have some links, which might help you out in these prerequisites.

Prerequisite

Install SQL Server – [Recommended – SQL Server 2014 or 2012]
Download and attach “AdventureWorksDatabase”

If you don’t have installed SQL Server yet, no worries, here are the links which may help you.

To download SQL Server 2014;

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2014

For Step by Step installation of SQL Server 2014

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/23878.installing-sql-server-2014-step-by-step-tutorial.aspx

To download AdventureWorks2014 Database

https://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/125550

How to restore “AdventureWorks2014” Database

Download the MS Word file from below link and follow the instructions mentioned in “Install Adventure Works 2014 OLTP database from a backup” section to restore the downloaded database.

https://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/downloads/get/880669