I am a SharePoint Architect/Developer consultant and Microsoft Gold Partner. I have worked with SharePoint every day since 2003. I have no significant prior experience with Dynamics AX.
One of our clients in retail has recently asked us to design the architecture for their Dynamix AX 2012/SharePoint 2010 implementation, which will include Enterprise Portal for AX as well as SharePoint 2010 for intranet collaboration and BI.
I cannot find any clear documentation or guidance in any of the technet or msdn literature regarding best practices for the use of Integrated Mode when installing SSRS to support Dynamix AX as well as the Enterprise Portal for AX. Documentation for installing and configuring Dynamics AX simply mentions installing SSRS. The documentation for installing Enterprise Portal for AX do not mention anything about reporting services, or the use of Integrated Mode.
The client wants guidance on how to deploy a single set of SSRS servers to service both the Enterprise Portal for AX reports, and corporate non-AX reports for their corporate SharePoint intranet.
I haven't been able to find any clear guidance for the best practices and considerations, particularly regarding the impact on security and authentication, for accessing SSRS reports through both Enterprise Portal for AX and a SharePoint Intranet for both internal and external users.
My questions for the community are:
Could anyone point me to any resources which clearly address the impact of deploying SSRS in Integrated Mode for Dynamix AX and SharePoint 2010? I have already scanned and downloaded all available white papers I could find in technet and msdn in these locations: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg852966, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg731797 and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg751374. Perhaps I missed something.
What are people in the community doing for their own implementations? Are 2 separate SSRS clusters required to support the client's needs? One cluster in native mode, and the other in Integrated Mode? Or can one cluster in integrated mode be used?
Any information would be greatly appeciated.
Thank you
