title: The report server can’t connect to its database
body: <p>I'm trying to configure an instance of SSRS, but with little success.</p>
  
  <p>I've installed SSRS on the server DWHFRONT. It runs under the Network Service credentials. On the Database tab of the Reporting Services Configuration Manager, I've set it up to use a database on DWHBACK, which it created succesfully. The connection uses a domain account DOM\SA_DWH. I've added a Login to the server DWHBACK for DOM\SA_DWH, and I can see that the Reporting Services Manager added the authorisations to the SSRS-databases. The Configuration Manager accepts these connection parameters.</p>
  
  <p>However (after setting up the URLs, Virtual Directories etc) if I visit the URL of DWHFRONT/Reports/, I get an error saying:</p>
  
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    <p><strong>The service is not available.</strong></p>
    
    <p>The report server isn’t configured properly. Contact your system administrator to resolve the issue. System administrators: The report server can’t connect to its database because it doesn’t have permission to do so. Use Reporting Services Configuration Manager to update the report server database credentials.</p>
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  <p>At first I thought it might be an issue because there is noting deployed to the SSRS instance yet. When I try to deploy something however, I get this error in BIDS:</p>
  
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    <p>The report server cannot open a connection to the report server database. A connection to the database is required for all requests and processing. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.ReportServerDatabaseUnavailableException: The report server cannot open a connection to the report server database. A connection to the database is required for all requests and processing. (Microsoft.ReportingServices.Designer)</p>
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