http://blogs.msdn.com/bwelcker/archive/tags/Vista/default.aspxTags: Vistaen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/bwelcker/archive/2007/03/19/candy-apple-grey-installing-ssrs-and-windows-vista.aspxTue, 20 Mar 2007 02:34:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1915584bwelcker12http://blogs.msdn.com/bwelcker/comments/1915584.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/bwelcker/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1915584<P>It's a bit tricky to get Reporting Services (including the report server that comes with SQL Express with Advanced Services) to work on <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx">Windows Vista</A>. The key is to turn on the right set of IIS components in the "Turn Windows features on or off" tool in the Vista control panel.&nbsp;Here is the list of required IIS features you need to add for Reporting Services to work:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">Web Management Tools</DIV></LI> <UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">IIS 6 Management Compatibility</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">IIS 6 WMI Compatibility</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility</DIV></LI></UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">World Wide Web Services</DIV></LI> <UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">Application Development</DIV></LI> <UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">.NET Extensibility</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">ASP.NET</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">ISAPI Extensions</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">ISAPI Filters</DIV></LI></UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">&nbsp;Common HTTP Features</DIV></LI> <UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">Default Document</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">Directory Browsing</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">HTTP Redirection</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">Static Content</DIV></LI></UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">&nbsp;Security</DIV></LI> <UL> <LI> <DIV mce_keep="true">Windows Authentication</DIV></LI></UL></UL></UL> <P mce_keep="true">Note that IIS7 in Vista Home Premium does <U>not</U> include Windows Authentication functionality so it will not work with SSRS. </P> <P mce_keep="true">You will get a compatibility message when you start to install SQL Server 2005. This is to let you know that you will need to install <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/servicepacks/sp2.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/servicepacks/sp2.mspx">SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2</A> after the installation finishes. You should also read <A class="" href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/B/5/2B5E5D37-9B17-423D-BC8F-B11ECD4195B4/ReadmeSQL2005SP2.htm#_reporting_services" mce_href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/B/5/2B5E5D37-9B17-423D-BC8F-B11ECD4195B4/ReadmeSQL2005SP2.htm#_reporting_services">Section 5.5 of the SQL Server 2005 Readme</A> (Reporting Services Considerations for Windows Vista) for known issues and limitations.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1915584" width="1" height="1">SP2VistaReporting Services