we would like to upgrade our SQL Server from 2005 to 2008. Unfortunately, we also have a lot of reports based on Reporting Services 2005. If possible we would like avoid upgrading them at this time.
Is it possible to run Reporting Services 2005 of SQL Server 2008?
Yes.
The metadata databases for SSRS 2005 can run on SQL Server 2005 upwards. Which includes SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
Note: do not open a report in a later version of BIDS: always use BIDS 2005 in VS 2005 unless you want your reports upgraded. Then you need SSRS 2008.
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I've designed SSIS package, for sql server 2008 in Sql server buisiness inteligence studio. Now i need to execute in on SQL 2005 server. What is the best solution, withoute complitly rewriting package.
You cannot develop for 2008 and then run on 2005. That being said, try the answer to this question:
SSIS 2008 2005 compatibility question
Is it possible to design a 2008 SSRS report and use it in a CRM 4 application. 2008 Has much nicer controls and report designer.
Yes, it is more dependent on the backing database. If CRM is setup with SQL Server 2008 it will support Report Builder 2008 reports. If SQL Server 2005, the reports will need to be built in Visual Studio 2005 with the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) installed. 2005 reports can be easily upgraded to 2008 reports but 2008 reports are not backwards compatible and cannot be easily converted back to 2005 reports.
You can setup a SQL Server 2008 SSRS instance and use that for reporting while continuing to use SQL 2005 for the database.
Everything is explained here: CRM and SSRS 2008 Integration
I'm currently running Crystal Reports XI R2 on SQL 2000. I need to migrate to SQL Server 2008 asap, but am no longer on Crystal Support.
Can anyone tell me if CR XI R2 Server is compatible with SQL Server 2008? I Googled it but came up empty.
I'm sure you have found out by now, but it is. You have to upgrade to Service pack 6 of XI and you may also have to install the sql client for 2008. It installs a new ODBC driver for Sql Client 10.
Yes it does support sql server 2008.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/00225757-ab5c-2c10-c1a8-fb9f9f0f4ac2?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true
The sap documentation when moving a sap backend to sql server 2008 has a great document which I have linked you to.
is there any difference between ms reporting services & ssrs? Does ssrs succeed ms reporting services?
No, they are both the same thing.
Microsoft reporting services was the original name for an addon service made available in 2004 for SQL server 2000.
Microsoft SQL server reporting services (SSRS) is what it became know as in subsequent releases for SQL server 2005 and SQL server 2008.
The two terms are interchangeable.
I am looking to manage a SQL Server 2008 DB using Management Studio 2005. The reason for this is because our server is a 64-bit machine and we only have the 64-bit version of the software.
Is this possible?
How about managing a SQL Server 2005 DB using Management Studio 2008?
UPDATE: You can use Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 to connect to 2008.
FIX:
50002151 946127 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946127/) FIX: You may experience problems when you use SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005 to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2008
The other question you asked was about managing 2005 servers with SSMS 2008 - and yes, you can do that. SSMS 2008 can manage 2008, 2005, 2000. I actually recommend that everybody use the latest SSMS 2008 client regardless of what server they're connecting to, because it has some nice perks and upgrades that work with all server versions that you connect to.
Be aware that SSMS 2008 has IntelliSense, but only when you connect to a SQL 2008 server. If you connect to a 2005 server, you don't get IntelliSense.
I'm posting this to prevent people getting false hope (as I did). Where as you may be able to use SQL Server 2005 Management Studio to connect to SQL Server 2008, you cannot use SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express. You get an explicit error message stating:
This version of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express can only be used to connect to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 servers. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.ConnectionDlg)
Hopefully that will prevent a couple of people from wasting their time trying just-in-case.
unless I'm mistaken and things have changed, you cannot use sql server 2008 to save a backup which restores to sql server 2005. I found this out the hard way :(