>-----Original Message-----
>What you might be confused about is thinking about using
Visual Studio for
>regular ASP.Net development. It is common to have FPSE
for that. However,
>with RS you are not deploying webpages. What you are
doing is using
>webservices to deploy the RDL. If you look on the server
you will see that
>no files are even showing up there when you deploy. That
is because the RDL
>is being stored in the database, not in the file system.
>
>--
>Bruce Loehle-Conger
>MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>
>"Justin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:176001c4ccc2$b3afef70$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Yes, I guess I do have that misconception. I thought
>> that in order to deploy a report from the report
designer
>> to the report server, FPSE were required.
>>
>> I'm glad to hear that this is not the case. I'll check
>> out our servers again and try to verify this.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >No. FPSE are not required for anything. The report
>> designer does not even
>> >have to have IIS.
>> >
>> >You've gotten a misconception from somewhere that this
>> is required.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> >MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> >
>> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >news:623d01c4cc37$d426d9c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> So, FPSE are only required on a Report Designer
>> >> installtion -- is that correct?
>> >>
>> >> FPSE are a requirement for VisualStudio.NET
>> installation,
>> >> which are required for Report Designer, right?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Front Page Server extensions are not necessary for
>> >> Report Manager. Just to
>> >> >make sure I checked one of my servers (Windows
2003)
>> and
>> >> the default website
>> >> >which has Report Manager does not have FP server
>> >> extension.
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> >> >MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> >> >
>> >> >"Justin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote
>> in
>> >> message
>> >> >news:13c701c4cc24$f8a701c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> It is possible to configure a system of servers
such
>> >> that
>> >> >> the Report Manager can be running on a separate
>> machine
>> >> >> than the Report Server?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> We are concerned about the security issues of
>> exposing
>> >> a
>> >> >> server with the Front Page Server Extensions
>> installed
>> >> on
>> >> >> it, because it will reside outside of our
corporate
>> >> >> firewall. As an alternative, we are hoping we
can
>> host
>> >> >> the Web Server/IIS box outside the firewall, and
>> have
>> >> >> this machine run the Report Manager, while
another
>> box
>> >> >> inside the firewall runs the Report Server
(which,
>> >> >> incidentally, will also be a separate box than
the
>> data
>> >> >> server).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Whether the security concerns of FPSE are real or
>> >> >> perceived, our clients might not like them. So,
is
>> the
>> >> >> type of configuration described above at all
>> possible?
>> >> >> If not, please explain why. If it is possible,
>> please
>> >> >> explain how.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks in advance!
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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