Overview
Reporting Services implements a role-based security model that leverages the underlying Windows security model for authentication and authorization. You can administer Reporting Services security by using the Report Manager. By default only local administrators will have access to the Report Manager; you have to grant access to other users. There are two aspects to security: site settings and item level settings.
Now let’s continue on to the next section to see how to configure site settings in Report Manager.

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