title: "Authentication and Authorization for SignalR Persistent Connections (SignalR 1.x) | Microsoft Docs"
author: pfletcher
description: "This topic describes how to enforce authorization on a persistent connection. For general information about integrating security into a SignalR application,..."
Authentication and Authorization for SignalR Persistent Connections (SignalR 1.x)
====================
by [Patrick Fletcher](https://github.com/pfletcher), [Tom FitzMacken](https://github.com/tfitzmac)
> This topic describes how to enforce authorization on a persistent connection. For general information about integrating security into a SignalR application, see [Introduction to Security](index.md).
## Enforce authorization
To enforce authorization rules when using a [PersistentConnection](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.aspnet.signalr.persistentconnection(v=vs.111).aspx) you must override the `AuthorizeRequest` method. You cannot use the `Authorize` attribute with persistent connections. The `AuthorizeRequest` method is called by the SignalR Framework before every request to verify that the user is authorized to perform the requested action. The `AuthorizeRequest` method is not called from the client; instead, you authenticate the user through your application's standard authentication mechanism.
The example below shows how to limit requests to authenticated users.
