Paul Turley takes a look at how SSRS and Power BI are maturing. One of the key grafs for me:
In SQL Server 2016, Reporting Services is getting a significant face lift on several fronts. The HTML renderer has been completely rewritten to emit pure HTML 5 to produce consistent output in every modern browser on every device. This capability is in the current CTP today.
I hated having people install executables to view SSRS reports, hated how Firefox and Chrome displayed reports differently than IE, and hated the occasional insoluable error brought about by these two things. SSRS was due for a modernization, and I hope to look at it again in 2016. Between these two tools, R support, and PolyBase, SQL Server 2016 is really shaping up to be a huge release for BI teams.
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