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The best way to access SharePoint data from Power BI, SSRS, and other BI tools

Watch our presentation, where we are going to show you the best way to access live SharePoint data from any reporting and BI tool, like Power BI, SSRS, or Crystal Reports.

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Comparison of BI Tools: Power BI vs Cognos vs Crystal Reports vs SSRS

Which is the best Business Intelligence (BI) tool available? Why is it the best and what distinguishable features makes it the best one? What are the alternatives? What is the current client base of this tool? Is this BI tool the right one for your business as well? What should you be looking for when evaluating BI tools? Will your business analyst or end users be capable enough to extract desired information from this tool?

In this blog, we evaluated some of the most popular BI tools out there, provided an overview and compared features, hopefully helping you to make the right choice of BI tool to meet your business requirements. A first step to finding the best tool for your company.

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SharePoint 2016 and SSRS 2016/17 – The Ultimate Guide

In this blog post we will look at SSRS 2016/2017 with SharePoint 2016 in detail and in particular:

  • What SSRS is and how it fits into the Microsoft BI stack
  • The various components that make up the SSRS toolset
  • What’s new in SSRS 2016/2016
  • How to set-up SSRS to be used with SharePoint 2016
  • How to write a SharePoint 2016 Report using the OOB connectivity
  • How to configure SSRS 2016 SharePoint integrated mode with SharePoint 2016
  • Using SSRS to report on SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2016 data.
  • Viewing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Reports in SharePoint online

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