{"id":14251,"date":"2015-10-29T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2015\/10\/29\/microsoft-business-intelligence-our-reporting-roadmap\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:18","slug":"microsoft-business-intelligence-our-reporting-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2015\/10\/29\/microsoft-business-intelligence-our-reporting-roadmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Business Intelligence – our reporting roadmap"},"content":{"rendered":"

While each year has seen advances across our product line, this past year\u2019s progress is truly unprecedented. We firmly believe Microsoft now offers the industry\u2019s most complete and modern business intelligence product family \u2013 with unmatched breadth and depth.<\/p>\n

At first approach, this depth can be overwhelming \u2013 how do all the components fit together? Where are things heading in the future? These are frequent questions from our customers and partners.<\/p>\n

As we approach the release of SQL Server 2016<\/a> it\u2019s a great time to tackle those questions in a definitive blog.<\/p>\n

Where we are heading<\/h1>\n

Our goal is simple \u2013 we want to put the power of data in the hands of every business and person on the planet. It is our objective to serve over a billion users with the Microsoft business intelligence (BI) platform.<\/p>\n

\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Data is coming at us from every direction. From traditional sources \u2013 on-premises enterprise applications and databases. From sources developed over the last decade \u2013 websites, mobile applications, social media and SaaS business applications. And from sources still emerging \u2013 data from the \u201cInternet of Things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maximizing the potential of one\u2019s data requires a platform that can work with data from on-premises systems and from the cloud \u2013 of any shape, size and arrival velocity, that can deliver insights wherever users may be, and in a form most convenient and accessible; and that offers deployment options that best fit the needs of an organization, at any point in its journey.<\/p>\n

To achieve these requirements, we are aligning our cloud and on-premises solutions. It is our intent that your reporting technology investments and expertise will transfer across these deployment modalities so you can easily mix and match on-premises and cloud components, and benefit from our unique hybrid scenarios.<\/p>\n

Harmonizing report types<\/h1>\n

We intend to standardize reporting content types across Microsoft on-premises, cloud and hybrid systems. Our reporting path forward focuses on four report types:\"<\/a><\/p>\n