What does the end of SQL Server 2016 mean for my SSRS reports?

Since 14 July 2026 SQL Server 2016 no longer receives updates, unless you pay for Extended Security Updates, which run until July 2029. Your reports keep working, but without security fixes. We start by making visible what lives in your procedures, packages and datasets, so you can decide where the logic goes.

Do we have to move to Power BI Report Server?

You can, but you don't have to. Power BI Report Server is the successor for teams that want to stay on-premises. After the Logic Scan you know which reports are still used and which destination fits: Power BI or Fabric, dbt with Omni, or Snowflake and Databricks.

What do you do with our stored procedures?

We read them out and record which tables, functions and reports depend on them. Business rules inside the procedures are described in plain language and captured in the semantic layer, so they stay readable outside SQL Server.

SQL Server · SSRS · SSIS

Twenty years of stored procedures. Finally readable.

SQL Server 2016 has received no updates since 14 July 2026, and SSRS will not get a new version. We make your logic visible and AI-ready before you choose where it goes.

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Starts with a free 30-minute intake call.

14 July 2026

End of extended support for SQL Server 2016

Until July 2029

Paid Extended Security Updates only

SSRS 2022

The last version; Power BI Report Server takes over

What we extract

What we take out of SQL Server

Every object that carries logic is read, linked to what depends on it, and checked for use.

Tables and views
Structure, keys and which views build on which tables.
Stored procedures
The business rules in T-SQL, with every table and report that depends on them.
Functions
Scalar and table functions, such as currency and date logic used everywhere.
SSIS packages
Control flow, data flows and transformations, and which tables they load.
SSRS datasets
The queries behind your SQL Server Reporting Services reports and their sources.
Parameters
Report filters and defaults, so the new report asks the same questions.

What you get

AI-native migration: more than new dashboards

Your logic leaves the old platform as something you own, can read and can query.

Knowledge graph

Every table, procedure, report and relationship in one searchable graph.

Semantic layer in Apache Ossie

Your metrics and dimensions in an open standard, not locked in a tool.

MCP endpoint

Query your logic with Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot.

Plain-language documentation

What every report does and where its numbers come from.

Dead and duplicate objects

What is no longer used does not move.

Reconciliation report

Proof that your core KPIs match the old report.

Optional: a rebuild on Power BI or Fabric, dbt with Omni, or Snowflake and Databricks.

The result is a semantic layer your BI tools and AI agents share. Choosing one? Read dbt Semantic Layer vs Cube and the Open Semantic Interchange guide. How we expose it to AI: MCP-driven data consulting.

Curious what's in your environment? The Logic Scan shows you in 5 working days.

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Who does the work

One specialist for SQL Server

Jeffrey Hasenbos, 12 years of experience with SQL Server, Azure and dbt. One fixed point of contact who signs off on the reconciliation.

Proof

What it looks like

“Which reports use finance's revenue definition?”

Apache Ossie

metrics:
  - name: net_revenue
    expression: SUM(amount_excl_vat)
    filters:
      - is_intercompany = false
      - is_credit_note = false
    owner: finance
    source: sp_Revenue_Month

Case

Example

Wholesaler of technical parts, 240 employees

172 objects (band M) · Logic Scan in 5 working days, Logic Extract in 4 weeks