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1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and then choose File > New > Project. The New Project window appears.
   
2. In the Project Types tree, select the Business Intelligence Projects folder.
3. In the Templates area, select the Report Project template.
4. In the Name field, type a name for your report, and then click OK.
5. Click the View / Solutions Explorer button to open the Solution Explorer window.
6. Right-click Shared Data Sources, and then select Add New Data Source.
7. In the Data Link Properties window, click the Provider tab.
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8. Double-click Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server, which opens the Data Link Properties window on the Connection tab.
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9. Enter Type the name of the database server, and then use the user name / and password combination needed to login log in to the server.
10. Click the Test Connection button to  to verify that you can establish a connection to the database.
11. Choose the database from which you want to retrieve the data will be retrieved , and then click OK.

Configuring a report using Microsoft Reporting Services

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