Summary

This chapter describes the components included in SSRS as well as the product’s overall architecture. Specifically, it discusses report development, deployment, administration, security, and delivery.

If you use SSRS, you will no doubt come to appreciate what it has to offer: its power and simplicity, its open and extensible architecture, and its rich feature set. Today it is easier than ever to unlock the data from database systems and make it available to business users.

In the next chapter, “Managing Linked and Remote Servers,” you learn how to administer linked and remote servers.

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