SQL Azure Reporting By Ryan Duclos http://bit.ly/SqlAzureReporting

Ryan Duclos Senior Technical Consultant Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) About Ryan Duclos Ryan Duclos Senior Technical Consultant Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Ryan.Duclos@Perficient.com Twitter: @rduclos http://About.Me/rduclos http://SpeakerRate.com/rduclos Materials: http://bit.ly/SqlAzureReporting

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

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) http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/home/tour/business-analytics

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.

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.

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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

Report Management Portal

Demo SQL Azure Reporting Portal Designing Working with

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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

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

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

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Rich Reporting Experience Manageability Familiar Tools Benefits Rich Reporting Experience Manageability Familiar Tools High Availability and Scalability Cost-effectiveness

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Resources MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg430130.aspx TechNet: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/sql-azure-reporting-overview.aspx Additional: https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/home/tour/business-analytics/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/fc500c2e-d79b-4dd2-9a53-cc7b49008431#BKMK_Useful_Links

Ryan Duclos Senior Technical Consultant Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Questions Ryan Duclos Senior Technical Consultant Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Ryan.Duclos@Perficient.com Twitter: @rduclos http://About.Me/rduclos http://SpeakerRate.com/rduclos Materials: http://bit.ly/SqlAzureReporting