SQL Server Reporting server doesn't connect : SQL Server 2019 Enterprise - sql-server

I installed SQL Server 2019 Enterprise edition (with custom instance name, not default one) with CU8 followed by SQL Server Reporting Services. But when I am trying to connect to the SQL Server Reporting Server in SQL Server Management Studio, it shows default instance name i.e. SSRS and it doesn't connect.
However, I am able to connect to the database engine server.
For the same reason I am not able to install Reporting Services Role in my primary site server as Reporting server instance name doesn't get populated. However I am not facing this issue in SQL Server 2012 Enterprise as SQL Server Reporting Services .exe file doesn't come as a separate file in SQL Server 2012 Enterprise and it is installed with SQL Server itself.

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I am setting up a new SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Reporting Services instance on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server.
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The feature: "Using other editions of SQL Server for report data sources and/or the report server database" is not supported in this edition of Reporting Services.
Error:
The SQL Server instance where I intend to setup the report database runs SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition build 12.0.4422 (which is displayed in Management Studio and ##version) and the SQL Server instance where I am configuring Reporting Services runs also MSQL 2014 build 12.0.4422 as displayed in Reporting Services Configuration Management - but Enterprise Edition (I've just installed SQL Server Cumulative Update 2 from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3075950).
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What am I missing here? How can I solve this issue?
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Step 1 :
Step 2 :
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TITLE: Connect to Server
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