vb.net web service connect to web service

[jazzbest]

have a couple of questions to ask you about a sql server reporting service connecting to a webservice within the DMZ. I am asking this question since I want to avoid the double hop problems that occur by using IIS on sql server
2005. (This is when you use windows authenication in sql server 2005 to connect to IIS.)

Right now my company is using sql server 2005 and may upgrade to sql server 2008 within the next couple of months.

The following questions pertain to using sql server 2005 and visual studio.net 2005:
1. If I want to have sql server report service 2005 connect to web service within the DMZ, is this possible? If so, are there URLS and/or books that I can look at that would be able to answer this question?
2. If question #1 is not possible, could I create a asp.net web page that would use some kind of a viewer contol that could display the sql server reporting service 2005 reports? This asp.net web page would then send the
reports to a web service within the DMZ?
I want to use the web service so that the reports can be opened up on the internet.

The following questions pertain to using sql server 2008 and visual studio.net 2008:
(I know that sql server 2008 does not use IIS. There is an http/system url that is used instead.
1. If I want to have sql server report service 2008 connect to web service within the DMZ, is this possible? If so, are there URLS and/or books that I can look at that would be able to answer this question?
2. If question #1 is not possible, could I create a asp.net web page that would use some kind of a viewer contol that could display the sql server reporting service 2008 reports? This asp.net web page would then send the
reports to a web service within the DMZ?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bboffin]

First I would recommend that you get confirmation of the move to SQL 2008 as the reporting services are greatly improved over 2005 and if possible you should avoid having to upgrade from 2005 to 2008. If necessary you can develop 2008 reports using SQL Server Express 2008 with Advanced Services.

I think that both options are possible for 2005 and 2008 (I know for sure that option 2 is) but I suggest a book called Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services by Teo Lachev which does cover these topics in some detail. There are many other books on this subject but I have this book and it does cover deployment in some detail.

Regards

Bob Boffin