Microsoft began taking sign ups for its SQL Azure Reporting Services public test build on the same day that rival Salesforce unveiled its plans for a cloud database of its own.

Microsoft's reporting services for Azure is finally generally available.

SQL Azure Reporting shares aspects with Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services. Developers can use tools such as the Business Intelligence Design Studio and SQL Server Data Tools ...

Microsoft is positioning SQL Reporting as part of its business analytics suite of products, which also includes Hadoop for big data, the Windows Azure Marketplace and Windows Azure Virtual Machines.

SQL Azure Reporting allows organizations to present business intelligence-type reports while tapping Microsoft's cloud database. This feature may be of interest to organizations that lack the in-house ...

Microsoft is positioning SQL Reporting as part of its business analytics suite of products, which also includes Hadoop for big data, the Windows Azure Marketplace and Windows Azure Virtual Machines.

Microsoft recently lowered the price for its Windows Azure SQL Reporting Services, which is used for business intelligence-type applications.