Report Services (SSRS) 2005 connect database in Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Question

Currently I am working on a project it is request us to connect their database (Server A with Microsoft SQL Server 2014) via SSRS (Server B with Microsoft SQL Server 2005).

I keep facing the problem with this message :

The version of the report server database is either in a format that is not valid, or it cannot be read. The found version is '162'. The expected version is 'C.0.8.54'. To continue, update the version of the report server database and verify access rights. (rsInvalidReportServerDatabase) (rsRPCError) Get Online Help

Can anyone help me? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

I think the problem is likely to be that the ReportServer database has been created using SQL Server 2014 . Trying to connection a SQL Server 2005 Report Server installation to that database will not work because they are not compatible. If it is possible to run Reporting Services with a configuration like this at all, and I'm not sure that it is, you will need to have a ReportServer database that was created using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Configuration Manager.