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a. In the navigation pane, click Report Manager URL and click Apply to activate the Report Manager
URL.
b. Verify that the virtual directory was created and that the URL was reserved in the Results area.
c. Click the default URL and verify that it opens SQLServer Reporting Services.
6. Click Exit to close SQLServer 2008 R2 Reporting Services Configuration Manager.
7. Reboot the Web server.
What to do next
To authenticate users and client applications against the report server, configure Basic Authentication on
the report server. See "Configure Basic Authentication on the Report Server for Multi-Tier Installations" on
page 107.
Configure Basic Authentication on the Report Server for Multi-Tier Installations
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) provides several options to authenticate users and client applications
against the report server. When you install VCM in a three-tier split installation and use Basic
authentication, you must allow direct access to the Reports virtual directory.
Update the RSReportServer.config file so that VCM can authenticate users who use the VCM Web
console, and users can launch SSRS reports. To configure Basic authentication on the report server, edit the
XML elements and values in the RSReportServer.config file.
Procedure
1. On the Windows machine where you installed SSRS, locate the rsreportserver.config file.
The default location is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
ServerReportingServicesInstance\Reporting
Services\ReportServer\rsreportserver.config.
2. Stop the SSRS service.
3. Open the rsreportserver.config file for editing.
4. In the file, locate the <AuthenticationTypes> block.
The block resembles the following example.
<Authentication>
<AuthenticationTypes>
<RSWindowsNegotiate/>
<RSWindowsNTLM/>
</AuthenticationTypes>
...
</Authentication>
5. Remove any existing parameters and add the <RSWindowsBasic/> parameter to the
<AuthenticationTypes> XML element.
The modified block resembles the following block.
<Authentication>
<AuthenticationTypes>
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