Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 4 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit

Hour 22. Managing Your Site’s Users

In this hour, we will cover

• How to configure a website to support user accounts

• How and where user account information is stored

• Creating and managing user accounts and roles from the ASP.NET Website Administration Tool

• Granting and denying access to folders based on users, user type, or role

• Logging users on to the site using the Login control

Many websites offer user accounts. If you bank online or have ever purchased an item from an online retailer, you’re already familiar with the process of creating an account and signing in to a website from the end user’s perspective. But what is required by the web server to support user accounts? How and where is user account information stored? What steps ...