What SQL Server 2025 means for SSRS
Microsoft is not releasing a new SSRS for SQL Server 2025. Here is what changed and how to decide what to do with your reports.No new SSRS is coming. Here is what to do with your reports.
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Microsoft is not releasing a new SSRS for SQL Server 2025. Your reports keep working. Here is what changed, and how to decide what to do with them.
What Microsoft announced
- On June 19, 2025, Microsoft said it will not release a new version of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) with SQL Server 2025.
- Power BI Report Server becomes the default on-premises reporting option for SQL Server 2025.
- Microsoft says SSRS support stays in place for SQL Server 2025 and for the versions currently on the market.
- Any customer with a paid SQL Server license can use Power BI Report Server. Before, it was limited to Enterprise Edition customers with Software Assurance.
- Microsoft says most RDL report files created in SSRS are fully compatible with Power BI Report Server.
What it does not mean
It does not mean your existing SSRS reports stop working, or that you must move this year. It does mean there will be no new SSRS version to upgrade to, so the sensible time to decide where your reports are headed is before your SQL Server version reaches the end of its support. Our end-of-support checklist shows those dates.
Your choices
| Option | What it means | Often a good fit when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stay on SSRS | Keep SQL Server Reporting Services running on a supported SQL Server version. | Reports are stable and rarely change, and your SQL Server version has years of support left. | No new SSRS version is coming, and each SQL Server version's support still ends on its own dates. |
| Move to Power BI Report Server | The on-premises option Microsoft is making the default for SQL Server 2025. It runs paginated (RDL) reports and Power BI reports. | You want to stay on-premises and keep most of your existing RDL reports. | Microsoft says most, not all, RDL reports are compatible, so test data sources, custom code, and special features. It is still a server you manage. |
| Move to the Power BI service | Reports in Microsoft's cloud service. RDL-style reports can become paginated reports, and others can be rebuilt as interactive reports. | You want easier sharing and self-service, and no report server to run. | Rebuilding takes effort, and the service has its own licensing and capacity requirements. |
| Retire what nobody uses | Switch off reports that no one opens. | Your report catalog has grown over the years and you are not sure what is still used. | Check usage first and ask the report owners before switching anything off. |
A simple way to decide
- List every report and subscription, and check how often each is used.
- Sort them into keep as is, convert, and retire.
- Test your most important reports on Power BI Report Server before you commit.
- Pick the reports that would work better as interactive Power BI reports, such as ones people export to Excel to explore.
- Plan the cutover: subscriptions, security, and who supports the new setup.
Questions to ask before you move
- Which reports must be pixel-perfect, such as invoices and statements, and which are for exploring data?
- Which data sources, custom code, or special features do the reports rely on?
- Who receives reports by email or file share subscription?
- How are report permissions set up today?
- Who will own the new platform?
Moving off SSRS, Excel, and Crystal reporting
This is work we do. See Modern Analytics with Power BI for how we decide which reports are worth migrating and which can be retired.
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