Microsoft SQL Reporting Services: Highlights

• MS SQL Server Reporting Services is a comprehensive, server-based solution. SQL Reporting Services is extremely helpful in creation, management, and delivery of reports.
• An integrated part of the Microsoft business intelligence framework, Reporting Services combines the data management capabilities of SQL Server and Microsoft Windows Server.
• Integration of SQL Reporting Services with powerful Microsoft Office System applications delivers real-time information to support daily operations and drive decisions.
• SQL Server Reporting Services supports a wide range of common data sources, such as OLE DB and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
• SQL Server Reporting Services supports multiple output formats such as familiar Web browsers and Microsoft Office System applications.
• Seamless integration with Microsoft .Net using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET gives hands on freedom to developers to leverage the capabilities of their existing information systems and connect to custom data sources, produce additional output formats, and deliver to a variety of devices.

Reporting Scenarios

• SQL Server Reporting Services combines a single, complete reporting platform with a scalable and extensible architecture to meet a wide variety of reporting needs, including: Enterprise reporting.
• Enterprises can use Reporting Services for their operational reporting or business intelligence applications. Using Reporting Services, corporate IT staff can design a variety of reports and deploy them to individual throughout the enterprise.
• Ad-hoc reporting. SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services includes Report Builder, a new ad-hoc reporting tool that enables business users to create their own reports and explore corporate data. Report Builder incorporates a user-friendly business query model that enables users to build reports without deep technical understanding of the underlying data sources.
• Embedded reporting. Organizations can access pre-defined or ad-hoc reports from third-party applications that use Reporting Services and use these reports as-is, customize them, or create new ones for specific business needs.
• Web-based reporting for partners and customers. Organizations can deploy interactive Web-based reports to deliver information to customers or partners over extranets of the Internet. Reporting Services isolates report consumers from the complexity of the underlying data sources, while providing personalization and interactivity.