This is a continuation of my previous blog where I explained on how to resolve the issue in SSRS instance is showing blank while installing reporting extensions for CRM V9.0 on-premise.
The above blog solve the issue of blank SSRS instance and then you can proceed to installation. However at the final step of installation you may find the installer complaining about a missing service named ReportServer$SSRS.
Quite surprising isn’t it? Honestly when I saw this error, I thought it might be because of the fix I made by following the steps in previous blog. But I was wrong.
This literally came out as bug. Seems like it need a dummy service with the name ReportServer$SSRS to eventually complete the installation.
Below are the steps I followed to fix the error.
Step 1 : Create a windows service using Visual Studio
This is a dummy service. Once the project open, just build the service. Your service will be created as an .exe file. Copy the .exe file to the server.
Step 2 : Install the service in your Reporting Services Server.
The next step is to install the service in your reporting services server.
Open your command prompt as administrator and run the following command.
sc CREATE "ReportServer$SSRS" binpath="<path to your exe file>"
The most important thing here is the service name which must be “ReportServer$SSIS“.
Once you service is created successfully, make sure to start the service.
That’s it. Now when you try to install reporting extensions, it should complete without any errors.
Hope this helped!
Debajit Dutta
Business Solutions MVP