microsoft/sql-server-samples

This repository is Microsoft's official collection of code samples for their database products: SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse, and Azure SQL Edge. It is a reference library rather than a single application. Each sample lives in its own folder with its own README explaining how to run it. The repository includes several notable pre-built sample databases available as downloads under the Releases section. The main one is Wide World Importers, a fictional wholesale company database that demonstrates both transactional (day-to-day operations) and analytical (reporting and data analysis) workloads. Other releases demonstrate specific features: one shows the performance gains from SQL Server's in-memory storage technology, and another shows how to ingest and analyze data coming from IoT sensors. Some features shown in the samples require specific editions of SQL Server. The README notes this explicitly, since not every SQL Server license includes every capability. The repository is large, and the README includes instructions for cloning only a portion of it if you only want files from the features or demos folders. This avoids downloading the entire repository when you only need one sample. Contributions are welcome. The README explains the process: fork the repository, add your sample in its own folder following a provided template, and submit a pull request. Generated files and personal configuration settings should not be included in submissions. The samples are licensed under the MIT license.