Symptoms
You enable FIPS compliance on a host computer that's running SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services (SSRS). When you open a Reporting Services report from the SSRS web portal, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:
library!ReportServer_0-1!1094!date time:: i INFO: Call to GetItemTypeAction(/Test).library!ReportServer_0-1!2418!date time:: e ERROR: Error rending control: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ClientTelemetry' threw an exception. ---> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms. at System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Managed..ctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor) at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoConfig.CreateFromName(String name, Object[] args) at System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256.Create() at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.SqmRegistryConfiguration.GetSHA256Hash(String input) at Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ClientTelemetry..cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.ReportViewerPage.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
Resolution
The fix for this issue is included in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Workaround
To work around this issue, prevent SQL Server Reporting Services from using FIPS by setting the enforceFIPSPolicy-enabled option to "false" in the ReportingServicesService.exe.config file.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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