Turn Reporting Services features on or off

You can turn off report server features that you don't use as part of a lockdown strategy for reducing the attack surface of a production report server. In most cases, you 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 don't 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 article show you how to turn off native mode 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

• Web portal

• Windows integrated security for report data sources

Report server web service

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 Modify a Reporting Services configuration file (RSreportserver.config).

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.

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 select 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. Select OK.

Scheduled events and delivery

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 Modify a Reporting Services configuration file (RSreportserver.config).

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.

Web portal

As of SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cumulative Update 2, the web portal is always be enabled.

Windows integrated security

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 select Properties.

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

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

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

4. Select OK.

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