For the moment, SSRS (SQL server reporting services) is currently not an Azure component. Will it be available in the near future…? I don’t know. SSRS- functionalities become available in other dashboards and reporting tools like Power BI. Today, you’ll need to work with an on-premise installed SSRS server or you'll have to setup one in an Azure VM.

One little step in a migration track from on-premise to Azure is related to binary files like images, pdf and others. These files are often stored on many different places. When these files are stored in SQL, you probably have already created a variety of SQL procedures. But you can also use Azure blob-storage.

Attractive reports are not only showing the hard material statistics and numbers. Visualization of your data leads more and more to graphical decision making. One particular part of your reports are images for logo’s, product images etc. When moving to the cloud, where do we need to store and find our data and images?

I truly believe in the azure environment. The possibilities are huge and growing every day. Do we all need to migrate to the cloud ‘sito-presto’…yes, I think so. Why I’m so sure about this, is easy to explain. The most important reasons for me are: cost-efficient architecture possibilities and lower maintenance due to very stable architecture solutions.