I think I've been asked a silly question.  Here it is.   
      
   Currently we use SAP Business Objects XI Version 2 and   
   an Apache web server to generate reports from data on   
   SQL Server 2005, standard edition.  It's a bit wobbly.   
   We've gone on to obtain Version 3 and Version 4, which   
   we can't get to work.  We're supposed to be trying   
   4.1 soon.   
      
   I've been asked to look at whether we can do it all   
   with SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server Reporting Services,   
   instead.   
      
   Currently most of the reports are on any of a set of   
   databases for different regions.  Business Objects   
   provides a set of "universes" from which users can   
   run our reports on demand or scheduled, viewed in a   
   web browser, exported, or in e-mail, or design   
   their own.  We also limit a set of one or more   
   "costcentres" whose data any given user gets to see.   
      
   I've read that the latest version of SSRS is closely   
   tied to Microsoft SharePoint, which I think no one   
   here has seen.  And I'm a poor learner nowadays.   
      
   We don't have a lot of money to spend.  Not any more,   
   anyway.   
      
   Is converting to SSRS feasible for us, or is it an   
   awful lot of work, or just not worth considering?   
      
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