Windows Server 2012 Beta: How to configure WSUS Reporting

Installation of Windows Server 2012 Beta WSUS is a easy and straight forward task, which you can do via Server Manager or remotely by adding the required Role.

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After I installed WSUS it worked immediately without any issues, but when I tried to open one of the computer reports I got following message.

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So I thought no problem. I download report viewer from Microsoft website and I will install it. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=577

But when I tried to install it told me I need .Net Framework 2.0 . But you can’t install .Net framework redistributable bits on Windows Server 2012 Beta , since .Net Framework 4 is already installed. And when you try to install the redistributable files Windows will tell you that you should add it via roles and features.   So what to do ?

Here is the solution. You will need the Windows 2012 Server Beta Installation sources. In my case in Drive D:

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Starting  Command prompt as Administrator

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Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /featurename:NetFx3ServerFeatures /Source:D:\sources\sxs
Note: D: is the drive letter of DVD drive on the computer, adjust it accordingly.

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after running successful .Net Installation via DSIM you can run the installation of Report Viewer tools without a problem

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Now Reports works fine Smile !

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