 Authors recommend installing Reporting Services on Windows 2003 SP1 (Service Pack 1). Although Windows 2000 is a fully supported platform, Windows 2003 SP1 reflects the latest technological advances, including enhanced coverage in the areas of security and high availability. All editions of Reporting Services support installation on Virtual Server or Virtual PC, provided that the supported operating system is installed. Tables 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6 list operating system requirements and additional software requirements for installation of Reporting Services on 32- and 64-bit platforms correspondingly. Table 4.4. Operating Systems That Can Run 32-Bit Versions of Report Server | Software | Enterprise Edition | Developer Edition, Evaluation Edition | Standard Edition, Workgroup Edition, Express Edition | | Windows 2000 SP4 Professional Edition | No | Yes | Yes | | Windows 2000 Servers SP4 all editions (Server, Advanced, Data Center) | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Windows XP SP2 Home Edition | No | Yes | No for Standard and Workgroup, Yes for Express | | Windows XP SP2 Professional Edition | No | Yes | Yes | | Windows XP SP2 Media Edition | No | Yes | Yes | | Windows XP SP2 Tablet Edition | No | Yes | Yes | | Windows 2003 SP1 Servers all editions (Server, Enterprise, Data Center, Small Business Server 2003 Standard and Premium Editions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Windows 2003 Web Edition | No | No | No for Standard and Workgroup, Yes for Express | | Windows 2003 Server SP1 64-Bit X64 Standard, Enterprise, and Data Center Editions | WOW64 | WOW64 | WOW64 |
Table 4.5. Operating System Requirements 64-Bit | SQL Server Version Operating System | x64 SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition | x64 SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition | x64 SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition | IA64 SQL Server 2005 Developer, Standard, Enterprise Editions | | Windows XP X64 Professional 2003 | Yes | No | Yes | No | | Windows 2003 SP1 64-Bit Itanium Data Center and Enterprise Editions | No | No | No | Yes | | Windows 2003 SP1 64-Bit X64 All Editions (Standard, Enterprise, Data Center) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Table 4.6. Additional Software Requirements 32- and 64-Bit | Software | All Editions | | Web Server | Internet Information Services 5.0 or later. | | SQL Server | SQL Server 2005 that will store the Reporting Services catalog database and Reporting Services temporary database. | | .NET Framework | .NET Framework 2.0 will be installed during the Reporting Services install process, if it has not been previously installed. There are two mutually exclusive install options for 64-bit platforms: -
Reporting Services 64-bit and ASP.NET 64-bit -
Reporting Services 32-bit and ASP.NET 32-bit, both running on WOW64 | | SMTP Server | Optional software. If you want to use report email capabilities of Reporting Services, you need to install SMTP Server. Access to SMTP Server can be configured after SSRS installation using the Reporting Services Configuration Tool. |
Note Systems that are not explicitly listed in Table 4.4 are not supported by Reporting Services; for example, Reporting Services 32-bit is not supported on Windows 2003 64-bit Itanium .
For situations with heavy memory or IO requirements, such as heavy graphics and PDF rendering, customers can benefit from deploying SSRS on a 64-bit platform. Table 4.5 outlines SSRS support on a 64-bit platform. Note 64-bit versions of SQL Server Workgroup and Express editions are not available in this release . Development tools such as Business Intelligence Development Studio are neither installed nor supported on the IA64 platform. For IA64 deployments, use development tools installed on a separate 32-bit or x64 workstation .
Table 4.6 outlines additional software requirements for both 32- and 64-bit platforms and optional software that can be installed to benefit Reporting Services. |
