Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed

Michael Lisin

Jim Joseph

Amit Goyal

The authoritative, example-rich guide to Microsoft’s powerful reporting platform

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services you can quickly deliver relevant business intelligence data wherever it’s needed–across the entire enterprise, and through the entire reporting lifecycle. SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed gives you all the authoritative information you’ll need to make the most of Microsoft’s most powerful reporting platform as a database professional, manager, or user. In-depth coverage makes this book an ideal reference, and its extensive set of practical examples help you address virtually any challenge in deployment, configuration, administration, or report building.

The authors have extensively expanded this edition with deeper reference information, many more practical examples, and insider perspective into Reporting Services 2008’s powerful new enhancements. You’ll discover how to take full advantage of Reporting Services’ significant architectural changes, its flexible new Tablix control, improved visualization through charts and gauges, deep SharePoint integration through SharePoint Integrated Mode, new output presentation formats, and much more.

Understand how to

• Learn about the new features of Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the SQL Server 2008 R2 release
• Quickly take advantage of Microsoft’s newest SQL Server Reporting Services enhancements
• Use Reporting Services to identify trends and solve real business problems
• Master report authoring–from basic, wizard-driven techniques to the cutting edge
• Group, sort, and aggregate data, and define the right scope for your information
• Utilize advanced report formatting techniques
• Work effectively with multidimensional sources
• Manage report data sources and models
• Secure reports against attacks and intrusions
• Customize Reporting Services with embedded functions, custom assemblies, URL access, Web Services, and other extensions
• Thoroughly integrate SQL Server reporting into any SharePoint site

Michael Lisin, lead author of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, has years of field experience working with SQL Server Reporting Services at Microsoft and delivering solutions for Microsoft’s enterprise customers.

Jim Joseph, co-author of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Unleashed, is an independent contractor with 10 years experience developing custom software solutions in a variety of industries. He has worked with SQL Server Reporting Services since the first beta release.

Amit Goyal, lead program manager for Microsoft’s Reporting Services team, has extensive insider’s knowledge of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services.

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• Get Microsoft Content Management Server Service Pack 2 up and running
• Use the most exciting features of ASP.NET 2.0 in your MCMS development

In Detail The release of Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) Service Pack 2 opens up the world of ASP.NET 2.0 to MCMS developers. Written by the masters of MCMS, this book shows you how to use the new features of ASP.NET 2.0 that everyone is talking about in your MCMS development.

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MCMS has its own role based authorization and user management system which cannot be extended. However, the new ASP.NET 2.0 Membership Provider Model and the shipped controls can be used within MCMS applications to improve the implementation of Forms Authentication and provide a more elegant solution for authenticating against an external store.

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Take immediate advantage of all the innovative features and benefits available in SQL Server 2008 with help from this expert guide. Written by the technical director for SQL Server Magazine, this book offers a concise yet in-depth look at the new and improved enterprise data management capabilities, developer functions, Business Intelligence tools, and security enhancements of SQL Server 2008. This is the perfect resource for decision-makers, developers, and DBAs preparing for upgrades or migration. Get details on:

• The new Transparent Data Encryption, Extended Events, filtered indexes, and auditing features
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