Yukon to get reporting services
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The ongoing effort to expand the SQL Server database into a broader business intelligence and applications platform continues as Microsoft adds enterprise reporting services to its flagship database. Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to include enterprise reporting functionality in the beta version of "Yukon" that will be available later this year. Yukon, the code-name for the next version of SQL Server, is expected to be generally available in late 2003 or early 2004.
"This will extend the SQL Server Business Intelligence offering. We started off with OLAP services in SQL Server 7.0. In SQL Server 2000, we added data warehousing and data mining analytical capability. We think this is the next step that customers have been asking for," says Sheryl Tullis, product manager for SQL Server at Microsoft.