The MIM Reporting and hybrid reporting features are a great way of tracking historical events related to your MIM objects. However, setting up dependency using the SCSM functionality for data warehousing and Reporting makes it hard to troubleshoot and get set up correctly the first time. The use of standard SQL Server Reporting services does, however, make it very easy to make your own custom reports and also to granularly define permissions around your reports. Hybrid reporting opens up the door for customers such as TFC to decide why this type of reporting would work for them.

In the next chapter, we will go into some of the basics of troubleshooting and common errors.