Microsoft has introduced a very different and extremely powerful reporting engine called SQL Reporting Services. It is relatively very easy to use reporting services, however it is a bit different from what we are used to in Crystal reports.
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SQL Reporting
Microsoft has introduced a very different and extremely powerful reporting engine called SQL Reporting Services. It is relatively very easy to use reporting services, however it is a bit different from what we are used to in Crystal reports.
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