SQL Server Reporting Services includes the SQL Server Report Designer, whose wizards give you a streamlined solution for setting up, designing, polishing, and publishing reports.

Build SQL Server Reports Quickly Use the SQL Server Report Designer's wizards for a streamlined solution to setting up, designing, polishing, and publishing reports. By Stacia Misner 09/01/2004 ...

Reporting Web Server The built-in Web server of Reporting Services uses the kernel level HTTP handler, HTTP.SYS that is part of Windows 2003 and later and is used by IIS as well.

SQL Server now comes bundled with a reporting tool, Reporting Services. RS has generated a lot of attention among developers since it first came on the market about a year ago.

Then click the Preview tab to display the report (see Figure 6). Press F5 to deploy the reports and open the Microsoft SQL Server Report Pack for Financial Reports folder in Internet Explorer.

Support for directly opening and editing reports stored on the report server. Support for using server resources such as shared data sources. A query designer for Microsoft SQL Server data sources.

SQL Server Reporting Services might not start if it can’t access certificate lists from Windows Update. This can happen if the system isn’t connected to the Internet or if a firewall blocks ...

The report builder, "unlike competitive ad hoc tools," will make use of the semantic layer that is part of SQL Server Reporting Services, according to a statement.

Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 also includes add-ins that allow Office 2007 users to perform data mining in SQL Server directly within its Excel 2007 or Visio 2007 applications.