implementing-a-security-extension.md

title	Implement a security extension
description	Accommodate custom security by using the Reporting Services API development platform to extend the Reporting Services security system.
ms.date	09/25/2024
ms.service	reporting-services
ms.subservice	extensions
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	updatefrequency5
helpviewer_keywords	security [Reporting Services], extensions forms-based authentication [Reporting Services] custom authentication [Reporting Services] extensions [Reporting Services], custom security

Implement a security extension

[!INCLUDEmsCoName] Windows Authentication is the primary system for securing reports in [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion]. In certain cases, however, you might need to extend the [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] security system to accommodate custom security in your enterprise. You can do this using the development platform provided by the [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] API. This section presents an overview of security extensions in [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion].

For more information about implementing, deploying, and removing a [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] security extension, see Reporting Services Custom Security Samples on GitHub.

In this section

Security extensions overview
Provides an overview of Reporting Services Security Extensions.

Authentication in Reporting Services
Discusses authentication in [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion].

Authorization in Reporting Services
Covers authorization in [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion].

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• Reporting Services extensions
• Reporting Services extension library