Starting the Report Manager (SSRS)

Question

I am following this Microsoft tutorial http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c962b0ff-ce8a-4742-8262-dc730901afcf for SSRS and I am having trouble starting the report manager,

The tutorial says to type in the computer name followed by reports in Internet Explorer, i.e. 'http:compname/reports' but I don't know why it won't let me access it,

Any help would be appreciated,

Nick

Answer 1

First off, have you properly configured the report server? If not, follow this tutorial (make sure SSRS service is running beforehand):

http://beyondrelational.com/modules/12/tutorials/26/tutorials/4600/getting-started-with-ssrs-part-4-configuring-sql-server-reporting-services-in-windows-server-2008.aspx

After that, you will probably run into 'access denied' problem - the solution is available here:

http://blog.davyknuysen.be/2009/09/11/administrator-has-no-access-to-the-report-manager-sql2008-r2-and-windows7vista/

Answer 2

After installing SSRS on to a Window 2012 R2 server, I was able to open the report browser from the server but, I was not able to open the report browser from a remote machine ... It said "This page can't be displayed" ... After hours of research, I realized that may be my firewall was blocking port 80 (I know right?) ... Suffice to say, it was blocking port 80!!!

Answer: Create a rule in "Windows Firewall with Advnace Security" to allow port 80 resquests.

Hope this helps