ComponentOne WebAPI services are based on ASP.NET WebAPI Framework. This helps the service application to make use of features that are supported by ASP.NET WebAPI Framework. Security solutions available in WebAPI can be implemented in all the WebAPI service applications.

Web API Services provides different authentication types for users and client applications to authenticate with the data server. You can choose appropriate authentication type for your WebAPI services in order to achieve security level as per your organization standards. For more information about security in WebAPI, see Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Web API.

This topic explains security in Web API and how to implement security in Report Services. To apply security to your Reports Services application, complete the following steps:

Step 1: Configure Report Service

Step 2: Add Custom Authorization