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Reporting Services Installation

Reporting Services 2008 is included as part of the installation for SQL Server 2008. To install Reporting Services, select the checkbox that says “Reporting Services” under the “Instance Features” section.

As part of the installation, a Service Account will be configured for the Report Server.

The Report Server runs under a single Windows Service using either a Built-in account or Domain Windows user account.

The report server service contains:

• Report Server Web Service
• Report Manager
• Background processing application for scheduled report processing and subscription delivery

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