Question about Reporting Services License

Reporting Services is due to come out in December 2003 or
January 2004 for SQL2000. I understand that it is free or
like an add on for current SQL licenses. My question is:
Do I have to install it on a SQL Server or can I install
in on a seperate server. I'd like to keep the load of
running reports off of our Production Server. If I had
say a reporting server that didn't have SQL2000 installed,
can I install reporting services there for use with the
Production SQL2000 Server?
Thanks,
VanIt is licensed like Analysis Services. You can install it on a separate
server (i.e. one not running SQL Server) however this requires a SQL license
(or licenses for per processor) for the separate server. There is a standard
edition and an enterprise edition available (enterprise allows web farm
support and dynamic data delivery). Have a look at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/howtobuy/faq.asp
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Reporting Services is due to come out in December 2003 or
January 2004 for SQL2000. I understand that it is free or
like an add on for current SQL licenses. My question is:
Do I have to install it on a SQL Server or can I install
in on a seperate server. I'd like to keep the load of
running reports off of our Production Server. If I had
say a reporting server that didn't have SQL2000 installed,
can I install reporting services there for use with the
Production SQL2000 Server?
Thanks,
Vansql