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LiquidMetal
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SSRS Server vs Power BI Report Server

I have read several articles already on MS Power BI Report Server.

Installation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/report-server/install-report-server

 

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Report-Server/PowerBI-report-builder-vs-ssrs/m-p/730859#M1...

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/PowerBI-vs-SSRS-Licensing/m-p/174141#M76044

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Report-Server/Power-BI-Report-Server-vs-SQL-Server-Reporti...

 

Since RDL has been changing with MS Power BI Service, I thought I ask to clear this up. We can no longer "pin" an RDL to MS Power BI Service.

 

I have experience with SSRS. SSRS is great but it is slow. The other day, I decided to create a paginated report from MS Power BI, using MS Power BI Report Builder. I uploaded the report to MS Power BI Service and it is fast, compared to the SSRS version. I did not have MS Power BI Report SERVER installed.

 

My question is, yeah, now I understand the RDL version of MS Power BI Service is faster than the traditional SSRS, what are the needs and benefits for MS Power BI Report Server if I already have SSRS server installed?

 

While I wait for others inputs, I may get my ansswers from this article:

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Report-Server/Power-BI-Report-Server-vs-SQL-Server-Reporti...

 

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d_gosbell
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@LiquidMetal wrote:

My question is, yeah, now I understand the RDL version of MS Power BI Service is faster than the traditional SSRS, what are the needs and benefits for MS Power BI Report Server if I already have SSRS server installed?


PBIRS is built on top of SSRS, you mainly get the additional ability to host PBIX reports.

 

The service should not be significantly different in performance to SSRS/PBIRS - usually one of the biggest factors in the report performance is the query speed and the connection to the source system. 

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