KB2986460 - FIX: A visible foreground console window is open when you preview a report in an SSRS 2014 report project in SSDT

Symptoms

When you preview a report in a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Reporting Services (SSRS 2014) report project in Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI) for Visual Studio 2013, the Reporting Services Preview Processing Host (PreviewProcessingService.exe) runs in a foreground console window. If you close the window, the report preview fails, and you cannot preview the report anymore unless you restart Visual Studio.

Resolution

This hotfix is included in the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2013, go to Microsoft Download Center to download Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2013:

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.