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thanks for the quick response
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Experts, <br />
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newbie question - I've installed SSRS and am having a little play around. I don't understand what it's use really is though. Using SS Business Intelligence Dev Studio, i can connect to any of my SQL servers and build reports even though they don't have SSRS installed. So what's it's purpose? Is it just the web interface or is there more too it. I've done a little reading, but am not quite getting to grips with this service. <br />
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Thanks in advance. 
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Experts, 

newbie question - I've installed SSRS and am having a little play around. I don't understand what it's use really is though. Using SS Business Intelligence Dev Studio, i can connect to any of my SQL servers and build reports even though they don't have SSRS installed. So what's it's purpose? Is it just the web interface or is there more too it. I've done a little reading, but am not quite getting to grips with this service. 

Thanks in advance. 

Report Services Question

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server-based report generation software system from Microsoft. It can prepare and deliver a variety of interactive and printed reports and is administered via a web interface or its web service. Its web services interface also supports the development of custom reporting applications. Finally, SSRS can also be integrated with SharePoint. SSRS competes with other business intelligence tools, most prominently Crystal Reports.

SSRS

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.