SQL Server Reporting Services, or SSRS for short, has been with us for quite some time. SSRS was introduced back in the days of SQL Server 2000. Since then SSRS has made its journey to become a very important visualization platform among Microsoft software stack. Not only is SSRS a major service in SQL Server, which we use for the whole business intelligence deployment and workflow (importing, analyzing, and displaying the data), but SSRS is also an essential part of other pieces of software from Microsoft, which we use in the modern environment. You can find SSRS working together with the following:
- SharePoint Server
- Skype for Business (or previously Lync Server)
- System Center products, such as Configuration or Operations Manager, and more
SSRS is used as a reporting platform, where numerous tools have their own set of reports, and SSRS is just...