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If we are working with the CRM 2011 on premise version, we can mix data with other data sources in our report; by default, we can create data sources using the following database types:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Fetch
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Azure
Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse
OLE DB
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
Oracle
ODBC
XML
Report Server Model
Microsoft SharePoint List
SAP Netware BI
Hyperion Essbase
TERADATA
For any database type not listed here, we can always find its OLEDB or ODBC adapter to use it in our report.

Data sources can be created as either of these two main types:
Embedded connection
Using a shared data source reference
Embedded data sources means that the data source connection will be embedded within the report (within the RDL file), if we are using this data source for one specific report then this option might be good. However, if we are planning on creating more than one report using the same data source, using the...
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