Exploring the new Web Portal

The new Web Portal is only for Reporting Services Native Mode. It does not support on SharePoint integrated mode. The new portal looks organized and that makes it easy to navigate various items and explore different sections. The old look, with a few buttons and a top bar, has been replaced with multiple tabs and a set of menus that provides easy access to items which can be managed efficiently. Have a look on Figure 7.01 that shows the old Report Manager:

Figure 7.01

Now see how the appearance and the layout of the portal has changed with the new Web Portal. It is shown in the Figure 7.02:

Figure 7.02

Getting ready

Since the Web Portal is a web-based application, it has to be opened using a browser. The URL configured for the Web Portal is based on the instance type of SQL Server. If the instance is the default instance, the URL is configured as follows:

http://<servername>:80/reports.

The port 80 is automatically added but it can be configured to a different...