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How to: Turn Reporting Services Features On or Off

You can turn off report server features that you do not use as part of a lockdown strategy for reducing the attack surface of a production report server. In most cases, you will want to run Reporting Services features concurrently to use all of the functionality provided in Reporting Services. However, depending on your deployment model, you can disable the features that you do not require. For example, you can enable only the background processing if all report processing is configured as scheduled operations. Similarly, you can run just the Report Server Web service if you only want interactive, on-demand reporting.

The procedures in this topic show you how to turn off Reporting Services features. Features can be configured in different ways, such as by editing the RsReportServer.config file directly or by using the Surface Area Configuration for Reporting Services facet of Policy-Based Management in SQL Server Management Studio. Use the links to locate the procedure or procedures that explain how to turn a feature on or off:

  • Report Server Web service

  • Scheduled events and processing

  • Report Manager

  • Report Builder

  • Windows Integrated security for report data sources

Report Server Web Service

To turn on or off the Report Server Web service by editing configuration

  1. Open the RsReportServer.config file in a text editor. For more information, see How to: Modify a Reporting Services Configuration File.

  2. To turn on the Report Server Web service, set IsWebServiceEnabled to true:

    <IsWebServiceEnabled>true</IsWebServiceEnabled>

  3. To turn off the Report Server Web service, set IsWebServiceEnabled to false:

    <IsWebServiceEnabled>false</IsWebServiceEnabled>

  4. Save your changes and then close the file.

To turn on or off the Report Server Web service by using SQL Server Management Studio

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the Reporting Services instance that you want to configure.

  2. In Object Explorer, right-click the Reporting Services node, point to Policies, and click Facets.

  3. In the Facet list, select Surface Area Configuration for Reporting Services.

  4. Under Facet Properties:

    • To turn on the Report Server Web service, set WebServiceAndHTTPAccessEnabled to True.

    • To turn off the Report Server Web service, set WebServiceAndHTTPAccessEnabled to False.

  5. Click OK.

Scheduled Events and Delivery

To turn on or off scheduled events and delivery by editing configuration

  1. Open the RsReportServer.config file in a text editor. For more information, see How to: Modify a Reporting Services Configuration File.

  2. To turn on scheduled report processing and delivery, set IsSchedulingService, IsNotificationService, and IsEventService to true:

    <IsSchedulingService>true<\IsSchedulingService>
<IsNotificationService>true<\IsNotificationService>
<IsEventService>true<\IsEventService>

  3. To turn off scheduled report processing and delivery, set IsSchedulingService, IsNotificationService, and IsEventService to false:

    <IsSchedulingService>false<\IsSchedulingService>
<IsNotificationService>false<\IsNotificationService>
<IsEventService>false<\IsEventService>

  4. Save your changes and then close the file.

Note

You cannot turn off background processing completely because it provides database maintenance functionality that is required for server operations.

To turn on or off scheduled events and delivery by using SQL Server Management Studio

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the Reporting Services instance that you want to configure.

  2. In Object Explorer, right-click the Reporting Services node, point to Policies, and click Facets.

  3. In the Facet list, select Surface Area Configuration for Reporting Services.

  4. Under Facet Properties:

    • To turn on scheduled events and delivery, set ScheduleEventsAndReportDeliveryEnabled to True.

    • To turn off scheduled events and delivery, set ScheduleEventsAndReportDeliveryEnabled to False.

  5. Click OK.

Note

You cannot turn off background processing completely because it provides database maintenance functionality that is required for server operations.

Report Manager

To turn on or off Report Manager by editing configuration

  1. Open the RsReportServer.config file in a text editor. For instructions, see How to: Modify a Reporting Services Configuration File.

  2. To turn on Report Manager, set IsReportManagerEnabled to true:

    <IsReportManagerEnabled>true<\IsReportManagerEnabled>

  3. To turn off Report Manager, set IsReportManagerEnabled to false:

    <IsReportManagerEnabled>false<\IsReportManagerEnabled>

  4. Save your changes and then close the file.

To turn on or off Report Manager by using SQL Server Management Studio

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the Reporting Services instance that you want to configure.

  2. In Object Explorer, right-click the Reporting Services node, point to Policies, and click Facets.

  3. In the Facet list, select Surface Area Configuration for Reporting Services.

  4. Under Facet Properties:

    • To turn on Report Manager, set ReportManagerEnabled to True.

    • To turn off Report Manager, set ReportManagerEnabled to False.

  5. Click OK.

Report Builder 1.0

To turn on or off Report Builder by using SQL Server Management Studio

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the Reporting Services instance that you want to configure.

  2. In Object Explorer, right-click the Reporting Services node, and click Properties.

  3. In the Server Properties dialog box, under Select a page, click Advanced. In the Security section:

    • To turn on Report Builder, set the EnableReportDesignClientDownload property to True.

    • To turn off Report Builder, set the EnableReportDesignClientDownload property to False.

  4. Click OK.

Windows Integrated Security

To turn on or off Windows Integrated security by using SQL Server Management Studio

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the Reporting Services instance that you want to configure.

  2. In Object Explorer, right-click the Reporting Services node, and click Properties.

  3. In the Server Properties dialog box, under Select a page, click Security.

    • To turn on Windows Integrated security, select the Enable Windows Integrated security for report data sources option.

    • To turn off Windows integrated security, unselect the Enable Windows Integrated security for report data sources option.

  4. Click OK.