Chapter 18. Advanced Reporting
Introduction to SRS
SRS, or Microsoft SQL Reporting Services, is a client/server reporting platform that is installed within Microsoft SQL Server. It is based on the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), so it can be used as a service. SRS was introduced within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (previously, CRM used Crystal Reporting). Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 uses SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 and either version of SRS.
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At press time, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 was still in beta and exact specifications related to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 were unavailable. The specifications provided here apply to ...
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