Protecting SSRS reports

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Protecting SSRS reports

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Garth 90896 Old Hand Points: 395 More actions · Answer 1

I submitted a Feedback post on MS Connect site to have this suggestion added into SSRS. Please Feel free to vote it up, the more votes it get the more likely it will get implemented!

https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/586593/protecting-ssrs-reports

l543123 SSC Eights! Points: 964 More actions · Answer 2

in that case best way is to use reportviewer instead of reportmanager

Garth 90896 Old Hand Points: 395 More actions · Answer 3

l543123 (8/16/2010)
in that case best way is to use reportviewer instead of reportmanager

I’m not sure that I understand you. How will that protect the reports?

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 4

It won't really. The only different it'll make is that now the report is on the web server rather than report server. Still the source is freely available (both data and XML for report). So I can't see how that makes it any more protected.

l543123 SSC Eights! Points: 964 More actions · Answer 5

instead of giving reportmanager access to the users, give them the reportviewer links (use reportviewer control in asp.net, or HTML page with reportviewer links, sharepoint etc). But still if your colleague wants to steal yours reports, he can always do it 🙂 Also when you create reports for a company, how can those reports be your IP??

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 6

I see your point. My questions was strickly refferring to building a bundle of reports that we then sell as a package to a client.

In that case we grant a license to use the reports which we can also modify for there needs. But we do NOT grant free use and right to give away or resell to other clients.

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 7

Moreover the only we saw to enforce that license was to host the reports on our own servers in our building. But that comes with a host of major hurdles (share / expose DB over internet). Requires high bandwith over internet for both sides which is not a problem with internal network. Requires very powerfull servers on our side to handle all clients which again is not a problem with client side hosting...

Garth 90896 Old Hand Points: 395 More actions · Answer 8

Since I don’t control the SSRS server that is not an options.

You are assuming that the company own the right to the report, this is not the case, hence why I want better protection for SSRS reports.

l543123 SSC Eights! Points: 964 More actions · Answer 9

sorry, yes I see your point on protecting those reports.