Hello biforumnewby,

There are several BI tools available but I suggest you should use Report Builder because of certain reasons:

1. This is a Microsoft BI tool which can easily integrated with SQL Server, also very small in size so do not required much space on your disc.

2. It also provides a simple and tabular representation of data

3. You can easily Filter, Sort, Select...etc from this tool

4. The report build up by this tool can easily be deployed on the report Server. So you can make it live by configuring the virtual directory setting in Report Server Configuration Manager and your report can be accessible from any where on internet.

NOTE: Remember If you use this tool while deploying the reprot please check the version of your SQL Server and Report Builder.

For SQL Server 2008 or below go for Report Builder 2.0

For SQL Server 2008 R2 or above go for Report Builder 3.0 (Latest Version)

In case you want more information regarding this tool you can contact me

Thanks......:-)