The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. It includes the latest versions of:
- Redistributable components for SQL Server 2008.
- Add-on providers for SQL Server 2008.
- Backward compatibility components for SQL Server 2008.
Amongst these packages you will also find some useful Reporting Services downloads, like for example the new Report Builder application:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 provides an intuitive report authoring environment for business and power users with a Microsoft Office look and feel. Report Builder 2.0 supports the full capabilities of Report Definition Language (RDL) including flexible data layout, data visualizations, and richly formatted text features of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. The download provides a stand-alone installer for Report Builder 2.0.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies allows you to take advantage of SQL Server 2008 report processing and management capabilities in SharePoint integrated mode. This version also includes data-driven subscriptions. The download provides a Report Viewer Web part, Web application pages, and support for using standard Windows SharePoint Services or Microsoft Office SharePoint Services.
Here's the complete list of packages:
- Microsoft ADOMD.NET
- Microsoft Analysis Management Objects
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services 10.0 OLE DB Provider
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility Components
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Command Line Utilities
- SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1
- Microsoft Connector 1.0 for SAP BI
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Datamining Viewer Controls
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP
- Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Objects
- Microsoft OLEDB Provider for DB2
- SQL Server Remote Blob Store
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Policies
- Microsoft Windows PowerShell Extensions for SQL Server
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Replication Management Objects
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies
- Microsoft SQL Service Broker External Activator
- Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types
- Microsoft SQLXML 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Sync Framework
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