Mark Dynna's questions

We are writing a deployment package to install SSRS 2012 on client servers. Some of them may have a certificate installed, but in all cases we do not want the installation to force the SSL (https) connection; we always want the non-SSL address to be accessible. I know the rsconfig file can be edited after deployment, but we would like the deployment and configuration to be 100% automated.

Is there a command-line switch or install-time configuration setting to tell the SSRS installation to not require the SSL connection, even if a certificate has been installed?

EDIT: After searching there doesn't seem to be a way to set this at install-time. Anyone have a way of changing the setting via code after installation?

We are a hardware and software provider to small government agencies, where many offices have just 1-3 computers, with a few others that are bigger having 5-12 workstations. For the small offices we set them up with a Win7 based peer to peer network, but for the bigger ones we give them a dedicated server, usually running SBS 2011.

We've encountered a problem where SQL backups are taking about 10x longer on machines running Windows Server OS as opposed to non-server OS. We run SQL 2012 Express to power our application. We brought in one of the problem machines for testing. With a Win7 Pro OS the backups happen very quickly, but on the exact same hardware running SBS 2011 and same database, a backup takes over 10 times as long.

What should we be looking for or what settings should we adjust to increase backup performance on a server OS?