If you are seeking comprehensive, server-based reporting solution designed to help you, manage, and deliver interactive Web-based reports, the Microsoft SQL Reporting Services platform is an ideal solution to provide fast, reliable reporting solutions. Having the right information at the right time can mean the difference between a new discovery and catapulting business growth and success into the next decade. That is the power behind SQL Reporting Services that extend the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) platform to reach the information worker who needs access to business data.

SQL Reporting Services
The SQL Reporting Services (SSRS), enables interactive reports from a central SQL Server database, without using third-party application report tools. A user can access reports from SQL Reporting Services through a Web interface or reports directly sent to their email or placed on a shared network location.  

A Business Intelligence Tool
SQL Reporting Services is a type of software that is classified as a BI tools. It competes with the highly popular, highly used Crystal Reports. Software tools that use business intelligence are highly complex programs designed. The data is then displayed in a relevant and easy-to-read manner. Business intelligence tools like the SQL Reporting Services provide the users with predictability and current trends in their corporate world. Some of the most common functions of a business intelligence program include data analytics, data mining, benchmarking, online analytical processing, and predictive analytics.