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SQL Server Reporting Services can be hosted and configured inside SharePoint using SharePoint Integrated mode installation. In this way the Report Server setting has to be setup and configured from SharePoint central administration. If we try to access the Report Server from outside, it will error out and which is only possible in case of SSRS Native mode installation in SQL 2012. The configuration of SSRS inside SharePoint administration is quite different for SQL 2012 Vs. SQL 2008 or SQL 2008 R2. And, as a part of standard best practices, we will be creating two different SQL Database instances or servers for SharePoint and SSRS. I will go through step by step installation and configuration procedure of SSRS 2012 in SharePoint 2013.   1.        Operating System: We can have this combination installed in two different Server Operating Systems (Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1).  But, as a part of this configuration, we will be using Windows Ser...

If we want to Share the SharePoint site among our external vendors, one way of implementing this is to implement the Form based Authentication to the extended SharePoint web application. In this way the vendors will have their LogIn IDs through which they can get access to the SharePoint sites. After the successful installation and configuration of FBA feature in SharePoint, we can create the FBA Users and Roles through a separate web application or as a SharePoint feature. SharePoint 2013 FBA Pack provides the features to Add, Manage FBA users/Roles and also provide you with the web part for Password Change, Request for Access and Custom Login Page with your corporate branding. In this whole process of FBA configuration the following things are involved:   -           Create FBA user database or Creating custom provider for User Authentication -           Extend the hosted web application with external Host Header -           Select FBA Authentication in C...