What is Reporting Services?

Answer 1

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is server-based reporting platform similar to Crystal reports, Brio which allow you to create tabular, matrix, graphical, and free form reports from most of the databases.

Reporting Services provides a complete set of services and tools. This comes with reporting portal which can be used to manage Reporting for creating, publishing and managing reports. Reporting Services supports databases that has .NET provider, OLE DB and ODBC. Reporting Services provides centralized report storage and management and Security.