question on training providers in Nj/NY area

Does anyone know of training orgs that offer reporting services training? I was given a brief overview,but want a more advanced class.
For those who are using this tool, Is there ad-hoc user reporting? how would you compare this tool to others, like Cognos,etc
any thoughts on this tool would helpful. we currently use crstal reports, but looking for something more sophisticated
bevfor the add-hoc report part in your question it will be supported in reporting service 2005 see the following link
http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/28047?trk=DXRSS_DB
if you arelooking for something more sophisticated the answer it is not the reporting service as it is simple , fast and easy to make a report but in the same time it has some limits so u need to knew what do you need exactly?? and choose your tool.|||

I think the level of sophistication is drill downs, etc. Also would be nice to be incorporated in an .net application, either web based or client server. the reporting services seems to have it's own URL, etc

I know cognos is nice, but very pricey. Does anyone have recommendations on similiar report apps? Or if you use cognos, is it worth the price, for the level of reporting, drill down,etc

thanks for any info you may have

bev

|||The SQL Server 2005 version will compare to Cognos but development skills required, with the release of Business Object 11 the SQL Server team is making the development easier because the offerings are similar but Business Object can be used by the executive. One main difference Business Object implemented Time Interval at time span level which will make Time series aggregation easier, I read recently SQL Server 2005 ANSI SQL Time Interval was taken out so fine grain time series aggregation will take more code. Hope this helps.