SSRS : Automated deployment script using Report Server Script (.rss) and RS utility

An automated deployment utility for deploying SSRS reports is one of the basic needs for almost any reporting project. During the development phase, it starts with creating a new solution, adding it to version control followed by addition of individual reports. As the first delivery comes, the general deployment approach that is used is deploying using BIDS.

Coming back to business, RS.exe is the utility that ships with SSRS which can be used for creating an automated deployment script for deploying reports. The RS.exe tool references a Report Server Script (.rss) file, which contains Visual Basic.Net code based on the Web Service Description Language (WSDL) API.

Detailed information about RS Utility can be found from BOL.

Refer to the Reporting Services Script Samples, for a look into code and object model for creating .rss files for commonly required management and deployment functions.