I have searched the web, but have not found clear answers. I understand that SSRS may not support smtp authentication for data driven email subscriptions. But, from what I've read, there may be workarounds? However, the ones I've found seem to be for older systems.
I'm using:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
SQL Server 2008 R2
Office365 is how we get our email
I have setup a couple data driven subscriptions in SSRS, one for a windows file share and one for email. After a lot of trial and error, finally got the fileshare one to work, and the email one is finally where all logs such as the sql agent job say success, except for the email part says it can't connect to the smtp server because it requires authentication.
In the report server configuration, I have the smtp server as the smtp name given to us by office365 and am currently just using my own email address until we get one setup just for this. There doesn't seem to be an option to specify a password.
Are there workarounds to get an email subscription to work when using 2008 R2 and Office365? Our network domain is a different name than our office 365 email domain.
I would find it hard to believe that I can do as much as I've done so far but not get it totally to the finish line.... Thank you for any input you have. If I do have to enable some kind of virtual smtp server on the sql server, I'll need more
info as what I've found so far is very outdated or incomplete and I'm not even sure that will resolve this particular issue. Also, in creating an email account to be used for this, is there a way to create a type of account on office365 that would benefit,
etc.
Thanks!
Dana