Learn SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Publishing and Access Techniques

Now that you understand how to develop reports, the next step is to understand how to publish and access them from your applications.  This fifth unit in the SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course (a.k.a. SQLInsights) on MSDN will introduce you to this topic.  It also covers how to enable self-service reporting by publishing shared report components.

Here’s an overview of the new unit:

5. Publishing and Accessing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports Presentation: Publishing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports
Demo: Publishing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports
Presentation: Enabling Self-Service Reporting with SQL Server 2008 R2 Shared Components
Demo: Enabling Self-Service Reporting by Publishing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Shared Components
Presentation: Accessing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports Programmatically
Demo: Developing Embedded SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Applications
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Reporting Application with the Visual Studio 2010 ReportViewer Control

You can find SQLInsights on the MSDN Training and Certification Resources page at the following URL:

https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9761002

Watch the videos and review the hands-on labs. If you want to run the demos or hands-on labs on your own computer, download and install the offline training kit. You’ll find all the SQLInsights content in the Getting Started > BI Developers page.

Next week, we’ll publish our sixth SQLInsights unit, Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services. We hope SQLInsights will help you get started developing your first Microsoft BI solution. Thanks again for your interest in SQL Server 2008 R2!