Enhanced and updated documentation on ReportViewer Controls in VS 2005
One of the new features that has first appeared in Beta 2 of VS 2005 are the ReportViewer controls and associated Report Designer. This is basically a version of the SQL 2005 Reporting Services engine that can be rendered totally on the client (that means no SQL Server installation/license required for generating and viewing the reports). It can also display and print reports that are generated remotely by an installation of SQL 2005 Reporting Services. There are controls for both WinForms and WebForms. Very Cool
If I've excited you, or at least triggered your interest in checking them out, be forewarned - the documentation on them in the MSDN that comes with Beta is "pretty thin". However, I came across Enhanced and updated documentation that is available on the MSDN web site that makes it much easier to get up to speed and playing with them.