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Asked: 2026-06-16T16:53:51+00:00

I’m trying to use MS Reporting Services. So far I have been able to

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I’m trying to use MS Reporting Services. So far I have been able to create a simple report, using the AdventureWorks database.

Next step I wanted to take was to deploy my report. This is what I did:

  1. In the Business Intelligence editor I right-clicked on the project name and clicked properties
  2. I added a Start Item and I set the TargetServerURL to the URL that was displayed in the Reporting Services Configuration Manager. The URL is: http://ADMIN-PC:80/ReportServer
  3. After that I clicked “OK” to go out of the Properties window. Then I hit Build Report Project1 in the Build menu.

After it tries to build it gives me the following error:

The specified report server URL: “http://admin-pc/ReportServer” could
not be found. Verify the syntax of the URL and that the report server
exists.

I’m sure the URL is correct. Or at least, that is what the Reporting Services Configuration Manager says.

So I have no clue what to check next in order to fix this problem. Anyone any idea what to do?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s always tough to try and troubleshoot these general “it’s not working” errors, but here’s a rough idea of what I’d try looking at:

    1. Is the service running? If you can connect through Reporting Services Configuration Manager then the answer is probably yes, but it’s always the first thing to check!

    2. Are the URLs correct? You may need to check you’re using the correct URLs – these can be confirmed through Reporting Services Configuration Manager; by default Named Instances will have URLs like http://admin-pc/ReportServer_InstanceName and http://admin-pc/Reports_InstanceName.

    3. Can I connect out of BIDS? What happens when you connect to http://admin-pc/ReportServer through Internet Explorer? What about http://admin-pc/Reports?

    4. Are there permission issues? By default the only users that can access SSRS are those in the BUILTIN\Administrators group. Is your user in this group?

    5. Is UAC mucking me up? As above, only Administrators will have default access, but if UAC is enabled you still won’t connect as an admin even if you’re in this group. Try running BIDS or Internet Explorer with Run As Administrator and see if it makes any difference.

    6. Is the URL being registered successfully? The URLs won’t work if the port is already in use, but Reporting Services Configuration Manager will quite happily allow you to set this without an error even if the port’s in use; it’s especially when using port 80.
      Check the log file at Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<SSRSInstance>\Reporting Services\LogFiles; this will have an error logged if it can’t register the URL on the port specified. If you see an error here try a different port.

    7. Any other errors in the log? Failing this, check the log for any more errors.

    Not much to go on, I admit, but maybe there’s something you haven’t looked at here. I’d saying stepping through these checks has solved 99% of the errors that I’ve seen in the past.

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