Today is the day: SQL Server 2008 is officially released to manufacturing and the first bits are available to download on MSDN Subscriber Downloads and TechNet Subscriber Downloads.
SQL Server 2008 has lots of interesting news for the enterprise and personally I'm excited about the new Reporting Services 2008.
As explained by Robert Bruckner, in Reporting Services 2008 you'll find:
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Improved Report Designer in Business Intelligence Development Studio
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Report Builder 2.0 (stand-alone report designer, currently available as feature pack RC0 download)
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Author reports with any structure, using the unique Tablix grouping and layout capabilities.
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Leverage the enhanced Textbox (aka "RichText") to define mixed formatting within the same textbox. In addition, HTML strings of text can also be imported into the report from a database or other source.
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Enhanced scalability and performance; more details covered in a previous posting.
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Render reports to Microsoft Office Word format.
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SharePoint Integrated Mode
Integrate Reporting Services with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for central delivery and management of business insight, or run it stand-alone in native mode.
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Data Visualization
Gain insight into complex sets of data by displaying data graphically with enhanced visualization capabilities (chart, gauge).
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New on-demand report processing and rendering architecture, including a new RenderingObjectModel.
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New and enhanced data source types (Teradata)
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New memory configuration options in the report server
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No IIS dependency. HTTP.SYS and ASP.NET are now directly hosted within the report server.
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New and enhanced Reporting Services Configuration Tool.
Enjoy!
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