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rohithkothaneth
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7 years ago
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Power Bi report server architecture question

Hello,   I have a requirement to install Power BI Report server on a client network within their own firewall.  They have seperate firewall for the app, database and web tier.  Could I be able to i...
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    7 years ago

    Right, so I would put the front end of Report Server in the web tier and the database in the app/data tier.

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Greg_Deckler
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7 years ago

Yes, I would refer you to:

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/install/what-s-new-in-sql-server-installation?view=sql-server-2017

 

I've never seen a 3 tier implementation of SSRS. You will likely want to have your web server in the App tier and your data in the Data tier. Most security folks go nuts if you try to wire the web tier and data tier directly or have your data teir in the app tier. Depends on how crazy your security folks are though.

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rohithkothaneth
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Thank you Greg for your quick response.  Appreciate it.  Let me work through this approach and see who it goes. Will let you knwo the status.