Requirements for a Standard Deployment

In a standard deployment, the web server/application server and the database server are installed on the same machine. For this reason, it is important that the minimum hardware requirements be met or exceeded. It is also helpful to have the NETBIOS name or IP address of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server handy as well as the service account used to execute the reports in unattended mode and the credentials with which to log in to the database.

After collecting all the necessary information, you just need to run setup and configure the Report Server. Sounds easy, doesn't it? While running, the installation program offers two main options. The first option is the default installation. This is the option used for running the standard deployment. This option sets up the database server and the Report Server on the same machine. The second option is called the Files Only option. This option is used primarily in scale-out deployments. For the brave or simply curious , this option can be used to set up SSRS locally; however, the administrator must run the Report Services Configuration Tool after the install completes and configure the options herself.