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Microsoft have put a lot of effort into SSRS 2016, including completely rewriting Report Manager (it's now called Web Portal) and creating separate software for publishing reports to mobiles. There are lots of new features to contemplate!
- What's new in Reporting Services 2016 (SSRS 2016)
- SSRS 2016 - the basic user interface for creating reports
- Report Manager becomes Reporting Services Web Portal
- Mobile Report Publisher in Reporting Services 2016 (this blog)
- Report Builder 2016 (Report Builder for SSRS 2016)
- Other new features in Reporting Services 2016
This is part of a wide-ranging blog explaining the new features in every part of SQL Server 2016.
Posted by Andy Brown on 11 July 2016
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Mobile Report Publisher in Reporting Services 2016
This is an additional downloadable program which allows you to publish reports in responsive format, so that they look good on any screen (be it mobile, tablet or laptop).
Downloading Mobile Report Publisher (MRP)
You can do this from the Reporting Services web portal:

You can download MRP from any browser.
This creates this application on your computer:

The Mobile Report Publisher application.
Choosing your layout
You can choose a different layout for tablets and for mobile phones:

Each layout has a grid pattern.
Navigators
You can drag one of three navigators into your grid:

Each of these is an application in its own right!
Gauges
The gauges in Mobile Report Publisher put the ones in SSRS to shame:

The gauges available. Not only are there many more templates than in SSRS, but they're much easier to configure.
Gauges have clearly been completely rewritten, and are much simpler (which is a good thing):

The properties for a typical gauge.
Charts
The charts in MRP more-or-less echo the ones in SSRS:

The chart types available.
Here are the properties for a pie chart, to give you an idea for what's possible:

The properties for a typical chart.
Data grids
These will be less important for a mobile phone than for a desktop report:

The 3 data grids available in Mobile Report Publisher.
Maps
There are some impressive maps available too:

There's a serious amount of programming gone into creating these widgets.
Wise Owl Verdict
Moible Report Publisher is an incredibly powerful, easy to use way to publish visual reports to mobile phones. I'm not quite sure whether it is intended to compete with core SSRS or complement it!
- What's new in Reporting Services 2016 (SSRS 2016)
- SSRS 2016 - the basic user interface for creating reports
- Report Manager becomes Reporting Services Web Portal
- Mobile Report Publisher in Reporting Services 2016 (this blog)
- Report Builder 2016 (Report Builder for SSRS 2016)
- Other new features in Reporting Services 2016