SQL Azure Reporting Services

Windows Azure SQL Reporting is a cloud-based reporting service for the Windows Azure Platform built on SQL Server Reporting Services technologies.

SQL Reporting service is available to current subscribers, but should not be used for new software development projects. The service will be discontinued on October 31, 2014.

An alternative to SQL Reporting is to use one or more instances of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) running on Windows Azure Virtual Machines (VM).

A known issue of SQL Reporting is that report execution is slower than SSRS running on premises. In contrast, performance of SSRS on a VM is similar to the performance you might expect from an on-premises SSRS instance.

Transition from SQL Reporting to SQL VM provides the following advantages:

• Extensible report server for customized reporting
• Scheduled report execution and delivery
• Integration with hybrid solutions
• Faster Performance