Chapter 1. Getting It Ready – Configuring Reporting Services

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes related to installation and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services:

  • Selecting the edition
  • Installing Reporting Services with default configurations
  • Installing Reporting Services-related tools
  • Accessing Reporting Services Configuration Manager
  • Configuring the service account of Reporting Services
  • Configuring Reporting Services URLs
  • Configuring the Reporting Services database
  • Executing post-installation tasks

Introduction

Stepping back to the year 2004, the release of Reporting Services as a post-release add-on to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 was a big in with the market as there were not many user-friendly reporting tools out there. ...

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