Report Builder accessed using https over internet

If you access the report builder application over the internet using a secure connection such as https://<report server name>/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application, will report builder communicate using https? If not, will the data being transferred to/from the report server be encrypted by some other method in the application?

Report Builder actually switches between http and https based on the web service method being called and whether ListSecureMethods indicates that https should be used. You can configure these settings on the report server.

Here are a few links that might be useful:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345223.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.wssux.reportingserviceswebservice.rsmanagementservice2005.reportingservice2005.listsecuremethods.aspx

Report Builder 401 Errors since SP1

I have been accessing SSRS and Report Builder on a SQL 2005 from the
Internet successfully for some time now but today I am receiving 401 errors
when I try to launch Report Builder. The details show a 401 error
"Unauthorized". This all worked fine until I installed SQL 2005 SP1.
Has anybody run into this before or any suggestions. I can still run saved
reports just fine, it is only the launch of Report Builder that fails.
Thanks, MikeWe got this from Report Manager after we installed Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=896861 solved our
problem.
Neil
Mike Morisoli wrote:
> I have been accessing SSRS and Report Builder on a SQL 2005 from the
> Internet successfully for some time now but today I am receiving 401 errors
> when I try to launch Report Builder. The details show a 401 error
> "Unauthorized". This all worked fine until I installed SQL 2005 SP1.
>
>
> Has anybody run into this before or any suggestions. I can still run saved
> reports just fine, it is only the launch of Report Builder that fails.
>
>
> Thanks, Mike

Report Access over the internet

Hi,

I need to install and setup accounts so that external users can see the reports

over the internet. The SQL Server is behind a firewall and SSRS 2000 will be on a separate machine.

Would someone know how I can install RS and what kind of accounts need to be created and set up so users outside the network can see the reports?

Very much appreciate your help!

Take a look at using Forms Authentication with Reporting Services. This is the recommended way to access reports from the internet. There are other ways(enabling Anon access), but they are not recommended.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms152899.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/bimusings/archive/2005/08/04/447939.aspx