Summary

This chapter discussed the SSRS installation steps. To install Reporting Services, run SQL Server 2005 setup, check Reporting Services on the Components to Install dialog box for server component installation and Workstation Components, Books Online and Development Tools for client component installation. Click both if you want to have a complete environment on a single computer.

If the same setup installs both SSRS and a database instance, you can install the default configuration, which automatically creates virtual directories and an SSRS catalog database. Another option is to install without configuration at all. In either case, an administrator can modify configuration information after the install using the Reporting Services Configuration Tool.