HELP! Question about SQL Reporting Services Licensing

Hi,
I urgently need the answer to a question about SQL Reporting Services
licensing.
I need to install SQL Reporting Services on an IIS server that hasn't
got SQL Server installed on it. The Reporting Services database will
deliberately go on a remote SQL Server. I don't want to install SQL
Server on the IIS server - I just want to install SQL Reporting
Services and put in a valid SQL Server license code when prompted
during the setup. However, I can't seem to get a license code from
anywhere as our company has some sort of global agreement with
Microsoft which means we don't get to see the actual license codes.
I'm also told by our licensing guy that SQL Reporting Services isn't
on our Select CDs.
Has anyone else installed SQL Reporting Services on a server that
hasn't got SQL Server on it? If so, how did you do it? I'm genuinely
not after some giving me a dodgy license code - I want to pay for the
license, but I can't seem to get one through our company!!! :-<
Is SQL Reporting Services on Select CDs in a way that means I won't be
prompted for a license code? If not, what are you meant to do if your
company has a global agreement with Microsoft? I'm almost at the
point of going down to PC World to buy a copy of SQL Server, but I
imagine this would be viewed very dimly by my company! There must be
a sensible solution to this.
I really need to know the answer to this VERY soon, so any help with
this will really be appreciated.
Thanks,
RichI have the setup that you are talking about.
I dont think you have to provide the SQL Server license
code while installing Reportinf services.
All you have to do is provide the name of the SQL Server
instance and you'll be on your way to installing RS.
>--Original Message--
>Hi,
>I urgently need the answer to a question about SQL
Reporting Services
>licensing.
>I need to install SQL Reporting Services on an IIS server
that hasn't
>got SQL Server installed on it. The Reporting Services
database will
>deliberately go on a remote SQL Server. I don't want to
install SQL
>Server on the IIS server - I just want to install SQL
Reporting
>Services and put in a valid SQL Server license code when
prompted
>during the setup. However, I can't seem to get a license
code from
>anywhere as our company has some sort of global agreement
with
>Microsoft which means we don't get to see the actual
license codes.
>I'm also told by our licensing guy that SQL Reporting
Services isn't
>on our Select CDs.
>Has anyone else installed SQL Reporting Services on a
server that
>hasn't got SQL Server on it? If so, how did you do it?
I'm genuinely
>not after some giving me a dodgy license code - I want to
pay for the
>license, but I can't seem to get one through our
company!!! :-<
>Is SQL Reporting Services on Select CDs in a way that
means I won't be
>prompted for a license code? If not, what are you meant
to do if your
>company has a global agreement with Microsoft? I'm
almost at the
>point of going down to PC World to buy a copy of SQL
Server, but I
>imagine this would be viewed very dimly by my company!
There must be
>a sensible solution to this.
>I really need to know the answer to this VERY soon, so
any help with
>this will really be appreciated.
>Thanks,
>
>Rich
>.
>|||Also remember that if you install RS on a machine where SQL Server isn't installed, then you need a
SQL Server license for the machine where you install RS (in addition to the SQL Server license you
have for the SQL Server machine).
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
<anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4cc301c490e1$ad09abb0$a301280a@.phx.gbl...
> I have the setup that you are talking about.
> I dont think you have to provide the SQL Server license
> code while installing Reportinf services.
> All you have to do is provide the name of the SQL Server
> instance and you'll be on your way to installing RS.
> >--Original Message--
> >Hi,
> >
> >I urgently need the answer to a question about SQL
> Reporting Services
> >licensing.
> >
> >I need to install SQL Reporting Services on an IIS server
> that hasn't
> >got SQL Server installed on it. The Reporting Services
> database will
> >deliberately go on a remote SQL Server. I don't want to
> install SQL
> >Server on the IIS server - I just want to install SQL
> Reporting
> >Services and put in a valid SQL Server license code when
> prompted
> >during the setup. However, I can't seem to get a license
> code from
> >anywhere as our company has some sort of global agreement
> with
> >Microsoft which means we don't get to see the actual
> license codes.
> >I'm also told by our licensing guy that SQL Reporting
> Services isn't
> >on our Select CDs.
> >
> >Has anyone else installed SQL Reporting Services on a
> server that
> >hasn't got SQL Server on it? If so, how did you do it?
> I'm genuinely
> >not after some giving me a dodgy license code - I want to
> pay for the
> >license, but I can't seem to get one through our
> company!!! :-<
> >
> >Is SQL Reporting Services on Select CDs in a way that
> means I won't be
> >prompted for a license code? If not, what are you meant
> to do if your
> >company has a global agreement with Microsoft? I'm
> almost at the
> >point of going down to PC World to buy a copy of SQL
> Server, but I
> >imagine this would be viewed very dimly by my company!
> There must be
> >a sensible solution to this.
> >
> >I really need to know the answer to this VERY soon, so
> any help with
> >this will really be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >Rich
> >.
> >|||RS is an asp.net application. If you run it on the SQL Server box then you
need IIS running on it. You could use it only for RS and use your IIS server
for all your other web stuff but RS does not function without IIS.
Bruce L-C
"AJ3" <AJ3@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6EAE3496-34C9-417D-8627-9F185BBB4A91@.microsoft.com...
> My IIS and SQL Server runs on 2 different boxes. Due to licensing if I
> install RS on sql box, how do I connect reports in my .net apps. Is there
a
> link or resource that can give me more insight on this?
> "Tibor Karaszi" wrote:
> > Also remember that if you install RS on a machine where SQL Server isn't
installed, then you need a
> > SQL Server license for the machine where you install RS (in addition to
the SQL Server license you
> > have for the SQL Server machine).
> >
> > --
> > Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> > http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> > http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> >
> >
> > <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4cc301c490e1$ad09abb0$a301280a@.phx.gbl...
> > > I have the setup that you are talking about.
> > > I dont think you have to provide the SQL Server license
> > > code while installing Reportinf services.
> > > All you have to do is provide the name of the SQL Server
> > > instance and you'll be on your way to installing RS.
> > > >--Original Message--
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >I urgently need the answer to a question about SQL
> > > Reporting Services
> > > >licensing.
> > > >
> > > >I need to install SQL Reporting Services on an IIS server
> > > that hasn't
> > > >got SQL Server installed on it. The Reporting Services
> > > database will
> > > >deliberately go on a remote SQL Server. I don't want to
> > > install SQL
> > > >Server on the IIS server - I just want to install SQL
> > > Reporting
> > > >Services and put in a valid SQL Server license code when
> > > prompted
> > > >during the setup. However, I can't seem to get a license
> > > code from
> > > >anywhere as our company has some sort of global agreement
> > > with
> > > >Microsoft which means we don't get to see the actual
> > > license codes.
> > > >I'm also told by our licensing guy that SQL Reporting
> > > Services isn't
> > > >on our Select CDs.
> > > >
> > > >Has anyone else installed SQL Reporting Services on a
> > > server that
> > > >hasn't got SQL Server on it? If so, how did you do it?
> > > I'm genuinely
> > > >not after some giving me a dodgy license code - I want to
> > > pay for the
> > > >license, but I can't seem to get one through our
> > > company!!! :-<
> > > >
> > > >Is SQL Reporting Services on Select CDs in a way that
> > > means I won't be
> > > >prompted for a license code? If not, what are you meant
> > > to do if your
> > > >company has a global agreement with Microsoft? I'm
> > > almost at the
> > > >point of going down to PC World to buy a copy of SQL
> > > Server, but I
> > > >imagine this would be viewed very dimly by my company!
> > > There must be
> > > >a sensible solution to this.
> > > >
> > > >I really need to know the answer to this VERY soon, so
> > > any help with
> > > >this will really be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Rich
> > > >.
> > > >
> >
> >
> >|||Rich,
I've recently implemented SQL Reporting Services on our server, and
here is what I found out.
Reporting Services rides on the SQL Server license. If you install
Reporting Services on a machine with SQL Server, it's no extra cost.
If you install RS on a non SQL machine, all you have to do is purchase
the SQL Server license to cover RS on the non SQL machine.
In our organization, it was included in the Select agreement. I don't
know if we have a different select package than you do though. I did
not need the SQL Server Serial Key to install reporting services, just
notified our IT Software shop that I needed to purchase the additional
license and cut the proper forms.
So all you should have to do is let your IT shop know you need the
licensing to cover an installation of SQL server on your IIS web
server, don't install SQL Server on it, but install SQL Server
Reporting Services onto your IIS server.
Hope this helps...
TnNytehawk
richard.warner@.zurich.com (RichW) wrote in message news:<c0650c20.0409020144.509e6798@.posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
> I urgently need the answer to a question about SQL Reporting Services
> licensing.
> I need to install SQL Reporting Services on an IIS server that hasn't
> got SQL Server installed on it. The Reporting Services database will
> deliberately go on a remote SQL Server. I don't want to install SQL
> Server on the IIS server - I just want to install SQL Reporting
> Services and put in a valid SQL Server license code when prompted
> during the setup. However, I can't seem to get a license code from
> anywhere as our company has some sort of global agreement with
> Microsoft which means we don't get to see the actual license codes.
> I'm also told by our licensing guy that SQL Reporting Services isn't
> on our Select CDs.
> Has anyone else installed SQL Reporting Services on a server that
> hasn't got SQL Server on it? If so, how did you do it? I'm genuinely
> not after some giving me a dodgy license code - I want to pay for the
> license, but I can't seem to get one through our company!!! :-<
> Is SQL Reporting Services on Select CDs in a way that means I won't be
> prompted for a license code? If not, what are you meant to do if your
> company has a global agreement with Microsoft? I'm almost at the
> point of going down to PC World to buy a copy of SQL Server, but I
> imagine this would be viewed very dimly by my company! There must be
> a sensible solution to this.
> I really need to know the answer to this VERY soon, so any help with
> this will really be appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> Rich|||Hi,
Thank you all for your answers to my question.
I think my problem came partly from only previously having used an
MSDN version of SQL Reporting Services (which does prompt for a
license code), and partly from being told by the licensing guy in my
company that SQL Reporting Services isn't on the Select CDs.
I'll go back to the licensing guy and ask him to find it on the Select
CDs.
Thanks again - I really appreciate your help.
Best wishes,
Rich|||Hi,
Sorry - one last question - I don't suppose anyone knows which Select
CD SQL Reporting Services is on? When I did a search on the Microsoft
site's list of Select CDs, it didn't show up, so I'm wondering if it's
on one of the SQL Server Select CDs rather than its own CD?
Thanks again,
Rich|||Hi again!
Don't worry - I've now got my hands on the Select CD version of SQL
Reporting Services.
Thank you all again for your help,
Rich