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I think the question in this thread's title is self-explanatory. Is there still a way to use SSRS or is SQL Azure Reporting Service the way to go? This question may sound a little bit strange but I even have never used SSRS (seems to be server sided), just have to know this for a proof-of-concept paper.

Thanks :)

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    [SQL Reporting will discontinue service on October 31, 2014.](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/details/sql-reporting/) – kuskunko Mar 26 '14 at 20:19

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Here is a comparison of SQL Azure Reporting and SSRS by Microsoft.

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  • To highlight the differences from that link: Azure Reporting can only connect to Azure DBs, versus SSRS connecting to a variety of DBs, and Azure Reporting doesn't offer Subscriptions or scheduled delivery. These differences will rule out Azure Reporting for many. – Jamie F Nov 10 '11 at 14:56
  • Thanks so far. But Azure Reporting runs on Azure directly whereas SSRS only can run outside of Azure and use SQL Azure as data source, right? – ceran Nov 10 '11 at 15:45
  • Azure SSRS runs in azure can only use Azure data sources, SSRS could in theory run in azure. (But lets say no for now since I don't know of anyone who has tried to make that happen and can use Azure data sources) Here is a link to the data sources SSRS supports http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159219.aspx – ElvisLives Nov 10 '11 at 19:05
  • Thanks, do you know whether the Azure Report Service is still for free at the moment? Want to avoid to pay without knowing it – ceran Nov 11 '11 at 12:10
  • Down voted because the link gives a 404 - Page Not Found error. – JasonMcF May 09 '17 at 12:48