Download Report Builder for SQL Server 2016

Report Builder is a highly productive, stand-alone tool for authoring reports and deploying them on configured Microsoft Reporting services report servers. It can use data from different kinds of data sources to produce  a variety of reports, from hard copies to web based reporting.

Report Builder 3 Details:
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Version:
14.0.344.82
File Name:
ReportBuilder3.msi
Date Published:
3/9/2017
File Size:
22.6 MB
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You need Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5. The memory and CPU requirements are average.

This is supported on  the following OSs:
Windows 10 , Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

download from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=53613

Please review the earlier versions of Report builder in two of my published books here:


The second book Learning SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services is ideal for beginners who want to spin-out reports from a variety of data sources and deploy them to report servers. The book is replete with step-by-step, hands-on exercises where the users can hone their skills.

 

 

The fifth book Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 is a revised edition and a deals with both Native and SharePoint Integrated modes of Report Servers. This covers every aspect of the first edition(second book) with lots of added material to include development in the intervening years.

  As the author of these Microsoft Business Intelligence related books I have great confidence in their usefulness. I would love to hear from you. Email me at: hodentek@live.com.

Uninstalling SQL Server 2012

Installing SQL Servers may pose problems depending on the resources on your computer, but uninstalling SQL Servers may also present problems. However installing / uninstalling SQL Servers have become very easy and straight forward lately. In the following I present some screen shots of uninstalling SQL Server 2012 instances (Evaluation Enterprise) on a Windows 7 (x64) Ultimate OS on Toshiba Satellite P775 Laptop used in the preparation of materials used in my recent book. These instances were used to completely document Reporting Services 2012 in both Native Mode and SharePoint Integrated mode.

You start from Control Panel and go to uninstall programs and locate Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and right click and pick Uninstall.  SQL Server Installation Center takes control. The program processes the support rules.

You Click OK to go to the next step.

 

I need to uninstall two instances. Instance HI is installed for Reporting Services for Native mode.

 

I choose to uninstall the HI instance first and click Next to select the features to uninstall.

 

 

I select all the displayed features and click Next.

The program checks for removal rules. I click Next.

Program is now ready to remove. I click Next.
It removed the items selected.

I close out and run the Uninstall from Control Panel once again.

The program processes the support rules.

This time I choose to removed the instance NJ which was used to investigate Reporting Services in
SharePoint Integrated mode and Analysis Services to support Tabular Data Model.

I select all features and click Next.

Program runs thru' removal rules.

Program is ready to remove. I click Next.

Looks like the program did a good job of removal.

I close out and verify in Control Panel.

All shortcuts are gone. 

However there are still items in the Control Panel (Programs) that may interfere with my installing SQL Server 2014 CTP1. I will cross the bridge when I come to it.

Removing SQL Server 2012 did not present any problems. I have a Windows XP machine with several instances of SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 that I was unable to remove completely and resorted to flattening the lap top.