Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Architecture, Features, and Tools - Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 - page 162

Authorization
For authorization, Reporting Services adopts roles and permissions to control user
access to content in the Report Server catalogue.

Reporting Services installs with a set of predefined roles. Roles are authorized to
carry out specific tasks. Report Server operations are carried out by authenticated
users or groups assigned to the roles. Here is the complete list of roles taken from
Microsoft documentation that are available and their scope:

Predefined
Role

Scope Description

Content
Manager Role

Item Includes all item-level tasks. Users who are

assigned to this role have full permission to
manage Report Server content, including
the ability to grant permissions to other
users, and to define the folder structure for
storing reports and other items.

Publisher Role Item Users who are assigned to this role can

add items to a Report Server, including the
ability to create and manage folders that
contain those items.

Browser Role Item Users who are assigned to this role can run

reports, subscribe to reports, and navigate
through the folder structure.

Report Builder
Role

Item Users who are assigned to this role can

create and edit reports in Report Builder.

My Reports
Role

Item Users who are assigned to this role can

manage a personal workspace for storing
and using reports and other items.

System
Administrator
Role

System Users who are assigned to this role can

enable features and set defaults, set site-
wide security, create role definitions in
Management Studio, and manage jobs.

System User
Role

System Users who are assigned to this role can

view basic information about the Report
Server such as the schedule information in
a shared schedule.