{"id":16085,"date":"2016-06-09T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/?p=16085"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:31","slug":"wideworldimporters-the-new-sql-server-sample-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/wideworldimporters-the-new-sql-server-sample-database\/","title":{"rendered":"WideWorldImporters: The new SQL Server sample database"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post was authored by Jos de Bruijn, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server.<\/em><\/p>\n

A release the magnitude of SQL Server 2016 deserves a new sample. AdventureWorks, which has been around since the SQL Server 2005 days, has had a good run, but it is time for an upgrade.<\/p>\n

Wide World Importers<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> is the new sample for SQL Server. It illustrates how the rich SQL Server feature set can be used in a realistic database. It does not attempt to use every single SQL Server feature, as that would not be realistic. It also showcases the key SQL Server 2016 capabilities and performance enhancements.<\/p>\n

Latest release of the sample<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: wide-world-importers-release<\/a><\/p>\n

Documentation for the sample<\/strong>: wide-world-importers-documentation<\/a><\/p>\n

The sample is structured as follows:<\/p>\n