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Using the exchange server makes it possible to send e-mails from RS without
problems. You need to fill in information appropriate to your environment. Advanced
e-mail settings can be made by using the coniguration ile. For this topic, no further
configuration of e-mail is made apart from the basic configuration using this window.
Also, make sure the SQL Server agent has started.
Configuration of the Execution Account is optional. The related screen in the
hands-on exercise describes most of the details. This account can be ideally a
Windows User account and if it is configured, it should be maintained to avoid
accessing errors. For the purposes of this topic, this is not conigured as we neither
send connection requests over networks nor try to retrieve external image files for
use in the reports while making requests when logged in anonymously.
Creating a backup copy of the symmetric key used in encrypting sensitive
information is an important part of Report Server configuration, although it is
strictly unnecessary for the purposes of this topic. You do not need to do this
for the following reasons:
• We do not intend to change the Report Servers Windows Service account
name or reset the password
• We do not intend to rename either the computer that hosts the instance
or the name of the instance
• We do not intend to migrate the Report Server installation
• We do not expect to have a Report Server installation failure due to
hardware failure
Although it was optional for the purposes of this topic, encryption keys were
generated during configuration, which proved of great value as the author's
site had a malware attack and the encryption keys saved the day.
The scale-out-deployment model of running reporting services is needed when
multiple report servers use a shared report server database. All action buttons
are disabled in the related screen, as there is only one reporting service. We do
not intend to use this mode of operation, since we have no intention of having
multiple report servers.
The Native mode Reporting Services configuration was completed at the end
of the previous hands-on exercise.
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