Windows Azure SQL Reporting

Windows Azure SQL Reporting is a cloud-based reporting service for the Windows Azure Platform built on SQL Server Reporting Services technologies. SQL Reporting provides many benefits, including rapid provisioning, cost-effective scalability, high availability, reduced management overhead, and secure access for viewing and managing reports. SQL Reporting offers the following capabilities:

• Host operational reports based on report data from existing Windows Azure SQL Database. Operational reports are report definition language (RDL) reports.
  
  
• Embed the Visual Studio Report Viewer AJAX control in on-premise Web applications or cloud-based Windows Azure applications to add rich reporting to custom applications. The Report Viewer control points to reports hosted on report servers.
  
  
• Users can view reports hosted in SQL Reporting using just a browser. The Reporting Services URL access syntax makes it easy for users to render a specific report and also specify a report format such as Excel or PDF. Users of custom applications can view reports in the application or service.
  
  

To use SQL Reporting, you must have a subscription to Windows Azure and then create a SQL Reporting service under that subscription. For more information, see How to: Create a Reporting Service (Windows Azure SQL Reporting).

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