Easy way for Crystal Reports to MS SQL Server Reporting Services conversion

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Is there a way to easily convert Crystal Reports reports to Reporting Services RDL format? We have quite a few reports that will be needing conversion soon.

I know about the manual process (which is basically rebuilding all your reports from scratch in SSRS), but my searches pointed to a few possibilities with automatic conversion "acceleration" with several consulting firms. (As described on http://www.microsoft.com/sql/technologies/reporting/partners/crystal-migration.mspx).

Do any of you have any valid experiences or recomendations regarding this particular issue? Are there any tools around that I do not know about?

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