"Ibexx" <Ibexx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3902B01A-7C97-4F78-9C95-7B56D7ECA889@microsoft.com...
> Microsoft,
> Here is an idea that would greatly benefit customers of Reporting Services
> (RS). Release the Html Viewer (HV) code to the public as a sample
> application.
> Right now customers who want to integrate RS into web apps must either:
> 1) Design custom pages to gather parameter information and then use web
> services to render the report within their application or
> 2) Convert RS's authentication method to Forms and implement
single-sign-on
> (SSO) via the LogonUser(.) web method. Then the application can redirect
to
> take advantage of the Html Viewers functionality. Anyone who has
implemented
> this method knows that it is non-trivial to get everything working just
right.
>
> In the MSDN article entitled "Using Forms Authentication in Reporting
> Services"
>

> Microsoft says "Overriding Windows Authentication is risky. The Report
Server
> was designed to be extensible with regards to security, but is fully
tested
> and supported using Windows Authentication only."
>
> Contrast this alarming statement with the needs of customers deploying
> enterprise web apps. The need to leverage RS in its native state (Windows
> Authentication) for ease of use and more importantly stability is
paramount.
> If RS is not even supported in Forms Authentication mode, then how can
> production apps depend on that configuration?
>
> If Microsoft were to release the Html Viewer code to the public, users
could
> bypass Forms Authentication and integrate the HV directly into the web
app.
> This would essentially give developers the best of both worlds - Windows
> Authentication and built-in parameter/paging/etc. handling that comes with
> the Html Viewer.
>
> Those are my thoughts. Comments?
>

"Tudor Trufinescu (MSFT)" wrote:

> We have announced plans to ship report viewer controls in Visual Studio
> 2005. I don't have the "official" MS link handy, but this should have most
> of the info:
> http://www.esj.com/business_intelligence/article.asp?id=7027&t=y
>
> --
> Tudor Trufinescu
> Dev Lead
> Sql Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Ibexx" <Ibexx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3902B01A-7C97-4F78-9C95-7B56D7ECA889@microsoft.com...
> > Microsoft,
> > Here is an idea that would greatly benefit customers of Reporting Services
> > (RS). Release the Html Viewer (HV) code to the public as a sample
> > application.
> > Right now customers who want to integrate RS into web apps must either:
> > 1) Design custom pages to gather parameter information and then use web
> > services to render the report within their application or
> > 2) Convert RS's authentication method to Forms and implement
> single-sign-on
> > (SSO) via the LogonUser(.) web method. Then the application can redirect
> to
> > take advantage of the Html Viewers functionality. Anyone who has
> implemented
> > this method knows that it is non-trivial to get everything working just
> right.
> >
> > In the MSDN article entitled "Using Forms Authentication in Reporting
> > Services"
> >
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/ht
> ml/ufairs.asp)
> > Microsoft says "Overriding Windows Authentication is risky. The Report
> Server
> > was designed to be extensible with regards to security, but is fully
> tested
> > and supported using Windows Authentication only."
> >
> > Contrast this alarming statement with the needs of customers deploying
> > enterprise web apps. The need to leverage RS in its native state (Windows
> > Authentication) for ease of use and more importantly stability is
> paramount.
> > If RS is not even supported in Forms Authentication mode, then how can
> > production apps depend on that configuration?
> >
> > If Microsoft were to release the Html Viewer code to the public, users
> could
> > bypass Forms Authentication and integrate the HV directly into the web
> app.
> > This would essentially give developers the best of both worlds - Windows
> > Authentication and built-in parameter/paging/etc. handling that comes with
> > the Html Viewer.
> >
> > Those are my thoughts. Comments?
> >
>
>