Prerequisites for Reporting in Configuration Manager

 

Updated: July 13, 2015

Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1

Reporting in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has external dependencies and dependencies within the product.

Dependencies External to Configuration Manager

The following table lists the external dependencies for reporting.

Prerequisite

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SQL Server Reporting Services

Before you can use reporting in Configuration Manager, you must install and configure SQL Server Reporting Services.

For information about planning and deploying Reporting Services in your environment, see the Reporting Services section in the SQL Server 2008 Books Online.

Site system role dependencies for the computers that run the reporting services point.

See the Prerequisites for Site System Roles section in the Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager topic.

Dependencies Internal to Configuration Manager

The following table lists the dependencies for reporting in Configuration Manager.

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Reporting services point

The reporting services point site system role must be configured before you can use reporting in Configuration Manager. For more information about how to install and configure a reporting services point, see Configuring Reporting in Configuration Manager.

Supported SQL Server Versions for the Reporting Services Point

The Reporting Services database can be installed on either the default instance or a named instance of a 64-bit SQL Server installation. The SQL Server instance can be co-located with the site system server, or on a remote computer.

The following table lists the SQL Server versions that are supported by the reporting services point.

SQL Server version

Reporting Services point

SQL Server 2008 SP2 with a minimum of cumulative update 9

  • Standard

  • Enterprise

  • Datacenter

SQL Server 2008 SP3 with a minimum of cumulative update 4

  • Standard

  • Enterprise

  • Datacenter

SQL Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and with a minimum of cumulative update 6

  • Standard

  • Enterprise

  • Datacenter

SQL Server 2008 R2 with SP2

  • Standard

  • Enterprise

  • Datacenter

SQL Server Express 2008 R2 with SP1 and with a minimum of cumulative update 4

Not Supported

SQL Server Express 2008 R2 with SP2

Not Supported

SQL Server 2012 and with a minimum of cumulative update 2

  • Standard

  • Enterprise

SQL Server 2012 with SP1 and no minimum cumulative update

  • Standard

  • Enterprise

SQL Server 2014

  • Standard

  • Enterprise