SSRS : The specified report server URL is not valid

Question

I know there are a lot of posts in SO for this issue but none of them seemed to solve my problem

I m running an SSRS stand-alone (native) report server .

I am using SQLEXPRESS 2014 and Visual Studio 2012 integrated shell for my reports .

The reports are running just fine in the shell , I can browse to the report server and i have set TargetServerURL to : http://localhost/Reports_SQLEXPRESS . I have also tried http://laptopname/Reports_SQLEXPRESS

When trying to deploy the reports i get the : The specified report server url could not be found . Verify that the syntax of the URL .......

2 questions .

• Why do i get this error ?
• What is the difference between release mode and debug mode mentioned in this question and how do i switch modes? Error: The specified TargetServerURL is not valid. Specify a valid URL for report server in the deployment settings

Some useful snips of my settings :

Answer 1

As snowlockk suggested, you need to use the Web Service URL. It's hard to tell from the URL what you are using but to check, Run the Reporting Services Configuration Manager go to the Web Service URL tab and use the URL specified there.