We have CRM Dynamics 2015 onsite. The CRM Developer provided us with a proxy we can connect to to insert and extract data to/from CRM, which we connect to via SSIS script component to extract data from this for downstream systems and data warehouses.
There are plans to migrate to Dynamics 365 SAAS. I want to be sure that we have a plan for how to continue inserting/extracting data via ETL into Dynamics 365.
Besides running SSIS in an Azure VM, are there any services or alternatives within Azure that might be a better option for ETL with Dynamics 365?
Depending on which api your on prem tool is using you could just change the connection string to point to CRM Online. If that doesn't work either use scribe or use Kingswaysoft's SSIS tools to provide that integration.
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When subscribing to the Azure SQL SaaS. Can I get access to SSIS and SSRS?
SSIS: Does a Azure SQL subscription allow me to build SSIS package on my local computer.
SSRS: Do I need another on-premises license to run a reporting server? As I understand, there is no SaaS version for SSRS, does this mean I will have to buy a full SQL server license for reporting?
Thank you in advance.
Microsoft's SaaS offering for BI and Reporting is Power BI. Which is adding support for traditional SSRS reports, and self-service data flows. See announcement here.
And if for all SQL Server development, you can always use the free SQL Server Developer Edition and SQL Server Data Tools on your local machine.
You need to have a VM to run SSRS which means you need IAAS. For SSIS you have Azure support using Integration Runtime means you would be using SSIS Catalog in Azure SQL Database.
When you procure a VM, you could always opt for VM with Sql Server installed else you could bring your own licensed version with you. Also there is the free Sql Server Developer edition available for solely personal usage. For SSIS, not really that you have to make the development in cloud - you would be using SSDT and then publish your packages to cloud.
Links - deploy & run ssis package in azure & procure Integration runtime
I've installed SQL Server 2012, after I've installed all features including report services. I go to Report Manager link and wanted to add New Data Source, but in Data Source Types there is only Microsoft SQL Server and I want to add Oracle Data Source.
Other way I easily connected to Oracle Data Source in Business Inteligence Studio, but I can't deploy Report file (.rdl) to my report manager because it gives me an error message:
An attempt has been made to use a data extension 'ORACLE' that is either not registered for this report server or is not supported in this edition of Reporting Services.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
You should install the .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle on the server hosting the SSRS instance to be able to target an Oracle database.
Here is a link to download the latest version on Oracle.
Remarks
Before you can connect an Oracle data source, the system administrator must have installed the version of the .NET Data
Provider for Oracle that supports retrieving data from the Oracle
database. This data provider must be installed on the same computer as
Report Builder and also on the report server.
Source: Oracle Connection Type (SSRS)
Useful resources:
Using the .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle
How to use Reporting Services to configure and to access an Oracle data source
If you are using the Express edition of SQL Server, then Oracle Data Sources are not supported:
Analysis Services, Oracle, XML, SAP, SQL Server Integration Services
(SSIS), OLE DB, and ODBC data sources are not supported.
Source: Features Supported by Reporting Services in SQL Server Express
It applies to SSRS 2012 Express as well, as stated in this post.
Is it required to have sharepoint server for working with PowerView in SSRS? I have SQL Server with MSBI 2012. I am BI developer. I wanted to explore with power view. I got an addon for SSRS from microsoft portal (PivotViewer Extension for Reporting Services – CTP2). But relese notes says that it needs Share Point.
I got an other link to download (Microsoft SQL Server 2012 With Power View For Multidimensional Models CTP) this is a 2 GB file and sounds like independent of sharepoint. I am confused. Please help me in understing the working of PowerView with SSRS. Many Thnaks.
Here is an ebook explaining all SSRS models available for SQL Server 2012, with walkthroughs
http://www.scribd.com/doc/102370834/SQL-Server-2012-Tutorials-Reporting-Services
Sharepoint server is required for Power View in SSRS. Please check this document: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231687.aspx
Power View also comes in Excel 2012 (see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/power-view-explore-visualize-and-present-your-data-HA102835634.aspx ). It can access data within worksheets as well as external data sources and has same visualization capabilities.
Power View is now available through Excel 2013 Professional Plus.
You can connect to external data source or use the internal PowerPivot model.
You can now use Power BI in SSRS to create a report such as 'Power View' reports.
A technical Preview of Power BI reports in SQL Server Reporting Services released in January 2017. You can now download the software and install it on your own on-premises VM or server. In the latter case, you’ll need:
Your own VM or server (not one in production use)
Windows Server 2012 or later (or Windows 8 or later)
.NET Framework 4.5.2 or later SQL
Server Database Engine (2008 or later), to store the report server
database
SQL Server Analysis Services (2012 SP1 CU4 or later), to
store your data models
For more details, Please refer to below link:
Power BI reports in SQL Server Reporting Services: January 2017 Technical Preview now available
I am trying to find out if it is better to deploy Reporting Services and Sharepoint Server on the same Server or not and what would the reason be for either case. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
The most common reason that Reporting Services is not integrated with SharePoint is licensing restrictions. I am not a licensing expert, but I believe any server on which Reporting Services is installed must have a SQL Server license. Since SQL Server is usually installed on servers other than the SharePoint app servers, this involves extra SQL costs.
SharePoint and SSRS integration allows reports to be stored in a SharePoint library and provides an easier way to store report output (subscriptions) to SharePoint libraries.
For everyone playing with SQL Azure, what are you using for reporting? Do the Visual Studio reports connect seamlessly? What about reporting services?
Reporting Services will still connect and work as normal, BUT there is no SSRS service on the Azure platform. So it means that you will connect (most likely through ADO) from a different data centre (either your own or hosted SSRS) to SQL Azure, meaning that potentially a lot (too much) data has to come down the wire.
SSRS and SSAS for Azure are not officially on the Azure roadmap yet
My recommendation for a very fast, full featured reporting solution is Izenda Reports. It runs on SQL Azure and is designed for OEM integration with other Azure apps. It streams data from an Azure db or from an off-site db. Just give it a connection string and go.
SQL Azure Reporting was just announced at PDC10 (Oct 28, 2010) and a CTP should be available by the end of the year:
Link
We have at least one customer using ActiveReports with SQL Azure. Just connect with the normal SQL provider for ADO.NET or you can use unbound mode with ActiveReports.