Installing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

1. Insert the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 product DVD into the DVD Drive, and run Setup.exe to open the SQL Server Installation Center.
   
   
2. In the SQL Server Installation Center window, click Installation from the left-hand menu, then choose between the  New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation radio buttons. See Figure 1. 
   
   
3. Now step through the initial setup steps.  Once you get to the Installation Type screen choose Add features to an existing instance of SQL Server 2008, then select your instance and click Next. See Figure 2. 
   
   
4. In the Features Selection window, locate Reporting Services (it is below Instance Features) and check the box next to Reporting Services, then click Next. See Figure 3.
   
   
5. Click Next on the Disk Space Requirements window.
   
   
6. In the Server Configuration window, select an Account Name for Sql Server Reporting Services. Once you've choosen your 'Account Name' click the "Next" button. See Figure 4. 
   
   
7. In the Reporting Services Configuration window, choose Install, but do not configure the report server and click Next.  See Figure 5. 
   
   
8. Click the Next buttons until you get to the Ready to Install window, and then click the Install button. Once the installation setup process is complete and successfully installed, click Next, then from the Complete window, click Close.

Optionally, double check SQL Server Reporting Services is installed as a service on your computer by locating it within the Computer Managment - Services section. See Figure 6.