KB4013248 - FIX: User authentication failure in SSRS 2016 due to Report Server Web Service URL truncation under Custom Security Extensions deployment

Applies To
SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1

Symptoms

If you implement the custom security extensions and configure to use forms authentication in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services (SSRS 2016), you will find that the Report Server web portal URL is working fine. However, the Report Server Web service URL is getting truncated with a dropped query string when it redirects to the authentication page for unauthenticated users which makes the user authentication to fail.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:

       Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2016 SP1

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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