Update (7/25/16): You should be fine with older versions of Report Server and SSMS 2016/Visual Studio 2015/SSDT, if you do these three things:
- Set the appropriate compatibility level for deployment (TargetServerVersion) in the report project properties.
- Build the report project before deploying (this may also catch some kinds of errors).
- Deploy from the build output directory (bin/Debug by default) rather than directly from the source code directory.
Disclaimer: I have not yet tested this, but the built RDL looks OK.
stackoverflow: Can I control the version of new SSDT reports in Visual Studio?
Original post:
I only have time for a quick post at the moment, but be aware that if you take advantage of the latest SSMS 2016/Visual Studio 2015 SSDT releases, they do (at last) incorporate the SSDT-BI designer templates. The VS 2015 Report Designer, however, always upgrades the edited RDL file to the 2016 RDL schema. Continue reading →