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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Welcome to the Microsoft® SQL Server Reporting Services Beta Program! We are very excited about what Reporting Services has to offer, and hope you are as well. We consider your participation in this beta as absolutely critical to our success, so please accept our welcome!

The Beta is READY!!!!
The beta is ready to go! Please visit www.betaplace.com and download "Reporting Services Beta 2" file.

By the way - the code name for SQL Server Reporting Services is "Rosetta". You may occasionally see some of us slipping and using the code name.

Can't Download?
If you have a low-speed connection or firewall issues prevent you from downloading these files, you may request a CD by sending mail to rosetta@microsoft.com (you must include your Beta ID and mailing address). CDs are not sent to anyone by default, they must be specifically requested.

Newsgroups
The entire Reporting Services development team is monitoring the newsgroups just dying to hear your feedback. I can't begin to relay the excitement in the team that they are finally getting this into your hands. So, please take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions, make suggestions and get to know the Rosetta team.

Filing Bugs
This is a beta - so we expect you to find bugs in the product. When you come across a bug, please use the bug reporting form at www.betaplace.com to report it to us. Please include as much information as possible about the bug - can you reproduce it, what are the steps to reproduce it, do you lose data, what were you trying to do when this happened? Often the hardest part of fixing a bug is reproducing it, so a good detailed report helps. If you have product improvement suggestions, we would love to hear those as well. You can use the same Bug Reporting Form for suggestions, just be sure to categorize it as "Suggestion/Wish".

Getting Started
That's it! Get started! We look forward to seeing you on the newsgroups!

For administrative issues (including BetaID/PWD issues or newsgroup issues), send mail to ?????@microsoft.com .

If you need to update your email or address information, go to the www.betaplace.com, Modify Contact Info section.

The beta may be downloaded from www.betaplace.com.

Michael O'Connor
Program Manager - SQL Server