Manage a Reporting Services native mode report server
This section contains procedures for configuring a native mode report server instance using the Report Server Configuration Manager.
In this section
The articles in this section are organized into categories so that you can more easily find the instructions you want. The first section contains articles for basic configuration tasks for a native mode report server. The second section contains advanced configuration articles. The third section contains articles for configuring a report server to run in SharePoint integrated mode.
Basic configuration
Report Server Configuration Manager (native mode)
Provides steps for starting the Reporting Services Configuration tool.
Configure a service account (Report Server Configuration Manager)
Explains how to specify account and password information for the Report Server service.
Register a service principal name (SPN) for a report server
Explains how to manually register an SPN for a report server that runs under a domain user account on a network that uses Kerberos authentication.
Configure a URL (Report Server Configuration Manager)
Explains how to establish one or more URLs used to access the Report Server Web service and the web portal.
Create a native mode report server database (Report Server Configuration Manager)
Provides steps for creating a report server database. This step is required for deploying a Reporting Services installation.
Advanced or optional configuration
Configure a native mode report server scale-out deployment (Report Server Configuration Manager)
Provides steps for configuring multiple report servers to share a report server database.
Email delivery in Reporting Services
Provides steps for configuring a report server for e-mail distribution.
Configure a firewall for report server access
Explains how to open ports used for inbound requests and outbound responses from a report server.
Configure a native mode report server for local administration (SSRS)
Describes other steps required to connect to the web portal or a report server using https://localhost.
Configure a report server for remote administration
Explains how to configure a remote report server instance so that you can connect to and configure it from a different computer.
Turn Reporting Services features on or off
Explains how to remove unused features in a Reporting Services installation.
Enable remote errors (Reporting Services)
Explains how to set server properties on a report server to return additional information about error conditions that occur on remote servers.