Chapter V.1. Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services
Reporting Services has come a long way since it was first introduced in 2004 as an add-on to SQL Server 2000. Back in those days, many people (your authors included) were using tools like Microsoft Access or Crystal Reports to pull data out of SQL Server and present it in a meaningful way.
Today, with Reporting Services, you can create reports and have them served from a report server as Web pages accessible to anyone with a Web browser (which is just about everyone these days).
For your sophisticated users, you can create report models and let them turn their creative juices loose and create their own reports. Of course, this leaves database developers like you free to do more important things, like ... well, you fill in the blank there. We'll be playing more games.
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