ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Using ASP.NET Membership

ASP.NET Membership enables you to create new users, delete users, and edit user properties. It’s the framework used behind the scenes by the Login controls.

ASP.NET Membership picks up where Forms authentication leaves off. Forms authentication provides you with a way of identifying users. ASP.NET Membership is responsible for representing the user information.

ASP.NET Membership uses the provider model. The ASP.NET Framework includes two Membership providers:

• SqlMembershipProvider— Stores user information in a Microsoft SQL Server database.

• ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider— Stores user information in the Active Directory or an Active Directory Application Mode server.

In this section, you learn how to use the ...