Starting with SQL Server 2025, Microsoft consolidates on-premises reporting into Power BI Report Server and will release no new versions of SQL Server Reporting Services. What that means for estates full of RDL reports, the licensing, and when it makes sense to move reporting off SQL Server entirely.
SQL Server Reporting Services has run invoices, statements and operational reports for twenty years. Microsoft's Reporting Services consolidation FAQ is clear: starting with SQL Server 2025 there will be no new SSRS versions, and Power BI Report Server becomes the on-premises reporting product. Existing SSRS versions follow the lifecycle of the SQL Server release they shipped with; SSRS 2016 lost support with SQL Server 2016 in July 2026.
A superset of SSRS: it runs the same paginated RDL reports, plus interactive Power BI (PBIX) reports.
Licensed with SQL Server 2025 Enterprise and Standard: the same product key installs it.
On the Modern Lifecycle Policy, so it updates regularly and you must stay current, unlike the fixed ten-year SSRS releases.
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SSRS keeps an execution log. Query it before migrating anything. In most estates a large share of reports have not been run in a year, and a small number account for most executions. Migrate the used ones, archive the definitions of the rest, and tell owners what was retired. A smaller estate makes every path cheaper.
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