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SQL Server 2005 – Reporting Services

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is a new server-based reporting platform that you can use to create and manage tabular, matrix, graphical, and free-form reports that contain data from relational and multidimensional data sources. The reports that you create can be viewed and managed over a Web-based connection.

Reporting Services InfoCenters

InfoCenters are navigation topics in the SQL Server 2005 Books Online that link to the information that is most important for people working with Reporting Services in different roles.

•	Roles and InfoCenters

•	Reporting Services Administrator InfoCenter

•	Reporting Services Developer InfoCenter

•	Reporting Services Analyst InfoCenter

•	Reporting Services Information Worker InfoCenter

Getting Started

Find Reporting Services overviews, system requirements, installation instructions, and more.

•	Reporting Services Enhancements

•	Introducing Reporting Services

•	Installing SQL Server Reporting Services

•	Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing in SQL Server 2005

•	SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS)

•	Download Eight New SQL Server 2005 Report Packs

Planning and Architecture

Use these articles and whitepapers to better understand Reporting Services and plan to use it to implement your reporting systems.

•	Reporting Services Concepts

•	Reporting Services Component Overview

•	SQL Server 2005: Report Design Best Practices and Guidelines

•	Planning for Scalability and Performance with Reporting Services

Development

Find the information developers require to build reports using Reporting Services, and then enable their applications and Web sites to work with those reports.

•	Designing and Creating Reports

•	Reporting Services Programming

•	Excerpt of Chapter 7, "Report Solution Patterns and Recipes"

•	SQL Server Developer Center on MSDN

Deployment

Plan for the deployment of your reports built using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

•	Deploying Reporting Services

•	Reporting Services Backward Compatibility

•	Implementing Smart Reports with the Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform

•	Using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services with SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence

Security and Protection

Help protect your Reporting Services reports from malicious attacks and improve the security of your data.

•	Managing Encryption Keys

•	Using Role-Based Security

•	SQL Server Security Center

Operations

Learn about SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services administration and operations tasks such as configuring and activating report servers, and monitoring for performance and system heath.

•	Administering Reporting Services

•	Managing and Working With Published Reports

•	Troubleshooting Reporting Services

Technical Reference

Find the tools and other reference documentation for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

•	Report Definition Language Specification

•	Reporting Services Errors and Events

•	SQL Server 2005 Tools and Utilities Reference

Toolbox

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Reporting Services Tools

•	SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor
•	SQL Server 2005 Books Online
•	SQL Server 2005 Samples

Search Links

•	Search SQL Server Newsgroups

•	Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base

For More Information

Can’t find what you are looking for? Explore the resources on:

•	SQL Server 2005 Support Center on the Microsoft Help and Support site

•	SQL Server Developer Center on MSDN

•	SQL Server Product Site

•	SQL Server 2005 Technical Documentation Library

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