Summary

SSRS web service complements URL Access with full access to SSRS management and configuration functionality. An application that incorporates both report viewing and report management functionality would typically use both URL Access and the SSRS web service. SSRS web service's function Render() allows you to retrieve a byte stream of a rendered report and use it for SSRS integration. SSRS comes with the rs.exe utility for scripting of the SSRS web service access using Visual Basic .NET scripts. The rs.exe utility is frequently used to automate high-volume management tasks : report deployment, security management, and so on.