Updated: September 4, 2020 (June 29, 2020)

SQL Server, Power BI On-Premises Reporting Roadmap

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A shift in Microsoft’s on-premises report hosting strategy impacts the long-term viability of on-premises deployments.
Organizations that adopted Power BI Report Server to host Power BI reports on-premises should reconsider the cloud.
On-premises paginated reporting only environments should avoid Power BI Report Server and review continuing Software Assurance.

The roadmap for hosting traditional paginated reports and Power BI reports downgrades on-premises products, including SQL Server Reporting Services and Power BI Report Server. Both on-premises products will start to diverge from the Power BI service, where additional features will exclusively be added, creating a risk for customers who adopted Power BI reporting on-premises or who need hybrid environments.

Top Reporting Formats and Technologies

Microsoft offers a range of hosted services and on-premises software for report hosting and authoring. (See “Report Hosting and Authoring Technology Darwin Chart.”) Its plans currently focus on the Power BI hosted service and on report formats that can be hosted in that service, including the following:

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