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Domain accounts required for SharePoint farm (Upgrade Advisor)

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SharePoint products that are configured for a farm environment require that you use domain accounts.
Applies to: Reporting Services SharePoint mode.

Component

SSRS

Description

SharePoint products that are configured for a farm environment require that you use domain accounts for services and database connections. This includes the account you have specified for the Reporting Services service account.

SharePoint 2010 Central Administration pages are one place you will see problems if you are not using a domain user account for Reporting Services. When you try to configure Reporting Services integration, you will see an error message similar to the following:

"The report server is running under the built-in NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE account, which is not supported by a SharePoint farm installation. Please reconfigure the report server to run under a domain account."

Corrective Action

For SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services and previous versions, use the Reporting Services Configuration Manager to change the account that is assigned as the report server service account.

To change the service account from Configuration Manager

  1. From the Start menu, select All Programs, and then click Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.

  2. Select Configuration Tools, and then click Reporting Services Configuration Manager.

  3. In Configuration Manager, select the Service Account tab.

  4. Select Use another account and enter the credentials for a domain account.

  5. Click Apply.

See Also

Configure the Report Server Service Account (SSRS Configuration Manager)