22-25 April 2026 
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SQLBits 2017
Power BI and SSRS-Better Together
What are the pros and cons of SSRS compared to Power BI? How can you benefit from Power BI on-premises?
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is Microsofts grand-father technology for reporting. Although being over-worked with SQL 2016 not all reporting requirements can be solved. Power BI on the other side is a young, agile and powerful reporting technology - but currently only available as a cloud service serving the interactive reporting approach.
Today, many organizations are not willing or able to put their data into a cloud service for analysis which limits the adoption of Power BI. Microsoft got onto that train and announced the on-premises version of Power BI as part of SSRS for the upcoming SQL Server (vNext). At present available as a technical preview the first sights look promising - but there open questions: Which features will be available for Power BI on-prem? Can I use custom visuals? What about Power Query?
Come and join this session to get an overview about the next generation of Microsoft reporting!
Today, many organizations are not willing or able to put their data into a cloud service for analysis which limits the adoption of Power BI. Microsoft got onto that train and announced the on-premises version of Power BI as part of SSRS for the upcoming SQL Server (vNext). At present available as a technical preview the first sights look promising - but there open questions: Which features will be available for Power BI on-prem? Can I use custom visuals? What about Power Query?
Come and join this session to get an overview about the next generation of Microsoft reporting!