REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 27, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of SQL Server (TM) 2000 Reporting Services. Reporting Services provides companies with a powerful new reporting tool ...

I don't know whether they were fed up with third-party alternatives, in need of new features, or what, but the Microsoft SQL Server team has jumped into the Web-based reporting fray. SQL Server 2000 ...

Note – This book abbreviates SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services as SSRS and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services as SSRS2K5. New features available in SSRS and not in SSRS2K5 are labeled with “New in ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

Stan Sorensen, Director of Product Management, Microsoft SQL Server. REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 10, 2003 — While reporting is a critical part of a company, it has historically not been an easy task.

Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all the 2005 this and 2008 that from Microsoft. I’m frequently amazed that Microsoft’s product management can not only keep it all straight, but can also coordinate ...

Microsoft complements its relational database engine, SQL Server, with several add-on services that manage different aspects of enterprise business intelligence and information processing such as data ...

For many seasoned DBAs and system administrators, the double-hop authentication problem is a known issue. However, that doesn't make it any less of a pain to resolve. For those who don't know what I ...

My colleague, senior editor, Kathleen Richards was at MIX08 in Las Vegas two weeks ago. Suffice to say she received a brain dump on Silverlight and a number of other big announcements there. When she ...

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