The first public webcast about the new knowledge worker reporting tool for SQL Server 2005, Report Builder, took place yesterday.
For the business user Report Builder avoids the visual complexity and need to understand database concepts that a user of Report Designer in SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services requires to have.
For businesses that have data stores built on SQL Server, Report Builder offers the possibility of ad hoc reporting but only if they update to SQL Server 2005. It seems that Report Builder won't be available as part of any future Service Pack on SQL Server 2000.
In the next day or two the Report Builder webcast will likely be available at Microsoft On-Demand Webcasts" . It hasn't been posted yet. It took place on 4th November. Only webcasts up to 2nd November have been posted yet.
I took notes from the Q&A at the webcast and will post more specifics once I get time to review those and the webcast itself.
Suffice to say that with the market penetration of SQL Server, and the improvements which SQL Server 2005 brings, I see there being a big market for Report Builder.
Posted by Andrew Watt at November 5, 2004 11:27 AM | TrackBack