As noted before, a major SSRS enhancement in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is integration with SharePoint v3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. After the RTM release of SQL Server 2005, the SSRS team has been hard at work to implement this feature. Starting with the newly released CTP2 build of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, the SharePoint integration mode is available…
Read articleDownload location: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/download.mspx Demo: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA102055631033.aspx
Read articleTwo very useful features of Reporting Services (version 2000 and above) are snapshot execution and report history. Snapshot execution allows you to cache the report execution. Optionally, you can keep the cached reports in history, e.g. if the user wants to keep a copy of the report for historical analysis. Once a report is enabled for snapshot execution, you can generate the history snapshot by…
Read articleThe newly released CTP7 of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (aka DataDude) now supports bi-directional schema updates. Once you generate the scripts from your database schema, you can choose either the database or the scripts as a source of changes and commit the changes to the target. Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals requires Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition.
Read articleThe second CTP (Community Technology Preview) build of the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released today. Besides bug fixes, SP2 includes major BI features and enhancements including: Reporting Services SharePoint 2007 integration – this one is a true enzilla (enhancement Godzilla) and deserves a separate post. Suffice to say that unlike the previous Explorer and Viewer webparts, SP2 will allow you to…
Read articleMicrosoft Corp. today announced the completion of the 2007 Microsoft® Office system code and confirmed its release to manufacturing (RTM).
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