SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Service Pack 1 - Released

Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Reporting Services includes bug fixes, performance enhancements, and some functional enhancements was release today !

Bugs that are fixed by SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services service packs

Key Functional Enhancements :

• Excel rendering extension has been improved and now supports viewing in Excel 97 and 2000.
  
• PDF rendering extension is more robust and has better performance.
  
• Chart control provides more control over display styles.
  
• References to external URLs (images and resources) from within a report are now supported.
  
• Data caching behavior for report preview is now supported.
  
• Newline in expressions is now supported.
  
• The style of the HTML Viewer toolbar can now be modified through a style sheet.
  
• New URL parameters offer more options for customizing report presentation at run time
  
• Report Manager proxy persists authentication cookies so that they can be used by custom security extensions.
  
• Hidden parameters are now supported.
  
• Temporary snapshots can be compressed as well as stored on the file system.
  
• Integrated security support for accessing report data sources can be disabled.
  

Microsoft press release is here.

To download Reporting Services sp1 click here