If you do a lot of installs its a good idea to have an automated process for provisioning SQL Server. A lot of people try to use "sysprep" Here's a few reasons why not to use sysprep. Its not supported by Microsoft CSS. SQL will not work properly until it is "renamed". If you have...

Introduction SQL Server Reporting Services comes out of the box with a good few data sources. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Analysis Services are the main ones I use, and you can pretty much connect to any other database product using OLEDB/ODBC. What can you do when you want to display in reporting...