1. SQL Azure Reporting
By Ryan Duclos

2. Ryan Duclos Senior Technical Consultant Perficient, Inc. (PRFT)
About Ryan Duclos
Ryan Duclos
Senior Technical Consultant
Perficient, Inc. (PRFT)
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3. About Perficient Leading Technology Consulting & Solutions Firm
Founded in 1997
$240MM+ in annualized Revenue
Over 1,400 highly-experienced Consultants
20 Locations across North America
80+% of Revenue from recurring Clients
Served over 400 Clients in past 12 months
Software Solutions Expertise, including:
Enterprise Portals & Content Management
SOA, EAI and BPM
Cloud
Business Intelligence/ETL
Customer Relationship Management
User Experience/UCD
Significant Integration Expertise
Key Differentiators
Focused expertise, lower cost, faster time-to-value
IT Solutions with Business Focus
National consultants overlay Local delivery model
Mature, proven Project Methodology
Global Development Centers in China & Europe

4. Perficient Microsoft Relationship
Microsoft NSI Gold Partner with competencies in
SharePoint – Content Governance, UX, Technical Architecture
Business Intelligence – Data Architecture, Information Visualization & Governance
Data Management/Custom Development Solutions
Business Process and Integration
Cloud
Top 10 Microsoft NSI Partner
Ranked in top 1% in terms of Performance and Readiness
Microsoft Partner Network Certifications include
Portals and Collaboration, Web Development,
Business Intelligence, Data & Server Platform, Mobility,
SharePoint Expertise
Over 75 SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) implementations completed
Approx 10 SharePoint 2010 implementations in progress
Over 75 consultants with deep experience with full SharePoint solution life cycle including: Envisioning Governance, Business Analysis, User Experience, Technical Architecture, Construction, Testing and Deployment.
Microsoft MVP certified architects & Business Principals that present to industry conferences, user groups and “SharePoint Saturdays” on a monthly basis.

5. How many of you.. have SQL/SSRS experience have been to the website
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How many of you..
have SQL/SSRS experience
have been to the website
have started looking
are working on a project
have in/or near production
are developers
are DBAs/IT
are others

6. Guidelines/Limitations Benefits Resources
Agenda
Overview
Getting Started
Guidelines/Limitations
Benefits
Resources

7. SQL Azure Reporting SQL Azure Database Service Your Your Reports
Application
Reports
Reports
Reports
Your
Application
Cloud
Database

8. Cloud-based Reporting Services
SQL Azure Reporting
Cloud-based Reporting Services
BIDS design/development experience (RDL)
Data source SQL Azure database
Elastic scale and high availability
Formats: Excel, Word, HTML, PDF, XML, CSV, ATOM
Uses reports the same way you’re used to…
Presently CTP feature (No cost presently)

9. Embed reports in application
Stand-alone reports
Customers can report over their SQL Azure data, not necessarily with the intent to embed them into an application.
Embed reports in application
Developers can use same patterns and tools they use today to embed reports into their applications in connected mode against Azure RS service.

10. SQL Azure Reporting vs. SSRS
Feature
SQL Azure Reporting
SQL Server Reporting Services
Design tools
SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio
Data Sources
SQL Azure databases
Built-in or customizable data sources
Report Management and Delivery
SQL Azure Development Portal
SQL Azure Reporting Portal
Includes displaying reports and rendering reports to multiple formats
Reports can be viewed in browsers, Report Viewer Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications.
Use Report Manager for native mode or SharePoint application pages for SharePoint integrated mode
Includes displaying reports, rendering reports to multiple formats, creating subscriptions and scheduled deliveries, managing cached reports and shared datasets
Reports can be viewed in browsers, Report Viewer Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications, and in SharePoint web parts.
Extensibility
No extensions are supported in this release.
Custom extensions for data, processing, rendering, delivery, and security
Security Model
SQL Azure username and password authentication
Permissions to reports and report-related items are controlled by role assignment.
Windows authentication and other authentications are supported.

11. Guidelines/Limitations Benefits Resources
Agenda
Overview
Getting Started
Guidelines/Limitations
Benefits
Resources

12. You need SQL Azure Subscription and matching Windows Live ID
Before You Begin
You need
SQL Azure Subscription and matching Windows Live ID
Familiarity with Microsoft Reporting
SQL Azure Database
BIDS 2008 R2

13. Report Management Portal

14. Demo
SQL Azure Reporting
Portal
Designing
Working with

15. Guidelines/Limitations Benefits Resources
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16. Subscriptions and scheduling functions
Not Supported
Subscriptions and scheduling functions
Semantic Model Definition Language (SMDL)
Client Report authoring environments
Report Manager/Configuration
Custom extensions/assemblies/…
Multiple Data Sources
Windows Authentication
SharePoint Integration
Some APIs from SSRS 2005+
Deploying the following items to a SQL Azure Reporting report server is not supported:
- Custom assemblies - Custom extensions, including data processing, delivery, rendering, and security extensions - Custom report items - Report Definition Customization Extensions (RDCE) files - Code in a Code element in a report definition

17. SQL Azure Firewall rules for authoring Images embedded/in a database
Gotchas
SQL Azure Firewall rules for authoring
Images embedded/in a database
(max size 1MB)
Must use built-in security
Available, but it is a CTP

18. Encourage Shared Data Sources/Datasets
Guidelines
Encourage Shared Data Sources/Datasets
Create separate accounts for Authors/Readers
Same goes for access to SQL Azure database

19. Guidelines/Limitations Benefits Resources
Agenda
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20. Rich Reporting Experience Manageability Familiar Tools
Benefits
Rich Reporting Experience
Manageability
Familiar Tools
High Availability and Scalability
Cost-effectiveness

21. Guidelines/Limitations Benefits Resources
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Overview
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Guidelines/Limitations
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22. Resources
MSDN: TechNet: Additional:

23. Ryan Duclos Senior Technical Consultant Perficient, Inc. (PRFT)
Questions
Ryan Duclos
Senior Technical Consultant
Perficient, Inc. (PRFT)
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