1. Trusted Worldwide Expertise
BI In The Cloud
With
SQL Azure Reporting Services
Simran Jindal
SolidQ, Sweden
http://simranjindal.wordpress.com
@simranjindal
https://www.facebook.com/simranjindal.blog

2. Who am I?
• Simran Jindal
• Business Intelligence Consultant at SolidQ Sweden
• MCTS/MCITP SQL Server 2005/2008
• Worked with SQL Server since SQL 7.0, primarily as a
DEVELOPER
• Microsoft BI stack since 2006
• Worked across a wide spectrum of verticals, such as
Education, Retail, Finance, Public sector, Non-
Governmental Welfare Organizations and Real Estate.

3. Agenda
• Brief Windows Azure Platform Overview
• Brief Azure Portal Overview
• Brief SQL Azure Overview
• SQL Azure Reporting
• Overview
• Scenarios
• Features
• Demo
• Operational Reports
• Embedded Reports
• Remote management
SQL Azure Reporting Limitations

4. WHY CLOUD?

5. Windows Azure – Design Tenets

6. Global Datacenter footprint
San Antonio, TX
Chicago, IL
Dublin, Ireland
Amsterdam
Singapore
Hong Kong

7. DEMO

8. What is SQL Azure?
• Is a relational database service in the cloud
• can serve both local and cloud based
applications.
• no individual databases and machines.
• SQL Azure databases is distributed across many
nodes. So no patching and no maintenance.
• You only pay for the databases consumed,
something like your electricity bill
• Provisioning, management and synchronization
of data between on-premise and SQL Azure
databases is seamless.

9. DEMO

10. Windows Azure Platform
General Purpose Programing Languages
Windows Azure Platform
Compute Management
Storage CDN

11. What is SQL Azure Reporting?

12. Key Benefits
• Rich Reporting Experience
• Manageability
• Familiar Development Tools
• Scalability and High Availability
• Cost Effectiveness
• Server provisioning in just a few clicks

13. SQL Azure Reporting Scenarios
Operational Embedded
Reports Reports
Windows
SQL Azure Azure
Reporting Application
BI
SQL RDL File Developer
Azure
Studio
Database

14. DEMO

15. SQL Azure Reporting Limitations
• No support for subscriptions and scheduling functions
• Creating reports from Report Builder 1.0, Report Builder
2.0, and Report Builder 3.0 is not supported.
• No Report Manager.
• No support custom assemblies and custom extensions
• Only SQL Azure as a data source is supported
• Reporting Services Configuration manager is not
available.
• SharePoint integrated mode is not supported. Only native
mode is supported.
• Links to external images is not supported.

16. Reference Links
Windows Azure
https://www.windowsazure.com
Get Started with Azure Reporting Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg430129.aspx
SQL Server Database Product Samples
http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/37304
To log bugs please visit
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback
Security Considerations
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/windowsazure/gg552871.aspx#SecurityforReportApplications
Other useful links for SQL Azure Reporting
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/fc500c2e-d79b-4dd2-9a53-
cc7b49008431#BKMK_Useful_Links
Guidelines and Limitations of SQL Azure Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg430132.aspx

17. Trusted Worldwide Expertise
Thank you!