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RakeshP
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10 years ago

Power BI Vs SSRS

Hi All,   I was curious to know what made MicroSoft to develop Power BI as SSRS is already existing.   What are the additional features Power Bi has beyond SSRS??   Is there any specific criter...
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COMtrac
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9 years ago
Our issue is that our clients are government based and our software sits on there servers. Power bi requires them going out to the cloud which from government security view is undesirable. Plus it requires each user to have there own log in. One client has over 1000 users. I'd be interested in any advice from anyone who has faced this issue
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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Have you tried the option of Power BI Report Server? It comes free with SQL Enterprise version. The enterprise users would not need any license to vew resports.

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    luisrh
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    7 years ago

    Power BI for Reporting Services is only 'free' when you have an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft and are using SQL Enterprise.   It does work well for on premises scenarios and there is a lot you can do that the Power BI Service does.   You have the flexibility of self service power bi reports as well as being able to create and publish SSRS reports.