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PorkChop's avatar
PorkChop
Advocate I
9 years ago

PowerBI on prem not until SQL vNext?

So I heard something today that on premise PowerBI isn't planned to be on premise (despite the Hyper-V image being ready) until the next major release of SQL Server?   Can someone confirm or deny t...
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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
9 years ago

There is this feature in a CTP for SSRS SQL 2016 and it is in the roadmap:

 

http://sqlmag.com/blog/what-coming-sql-server-2016-business-intelligence

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlrsteamblog/2016/10/28/create-power-bi-reports-in-the-sql-server-reporting-services-technical-preview/

 

However, I was really hoping they would announce this as part of SP1, but apparently it did not make it in:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlrsteamblog/2016/11/16/whats-new-in-sql-server-2016-sp1-for-reporting-services/

 

While I cannot predict the future, it seems like it will be part of SQL 2016 at some point, all the indications are there and if you are willing to run the CTP then you can use it today. I would look at what other features appeared in CTP's and then how long they took to make it into the final product perhaps to get a judge on when it will be released.