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Asked: 2026-05-16T15:43:22+00:00

I’m new to the ASP.NET world. Since I want to use the ORM it

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I’m new to the ASP.NET world. Since I want to use the ORM it seems I would want an Entity to represent the User or Member or whatever, not some data tucked away by the forms authentication api. In fact I don’t see how I can live without one.

How do people deal with this? Roll your own authentication? Or is there a best practice for incorporating forms authentication with the Entity Framework?

In short, since I need a User and Role Entity for queries anyway, should I skip the forms auth or find a way to use it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    EF and Forms Auth are really two different areas. You can use Forms Auth without ASP.NET Membership very easily and roll your own provider with very little effort.

    This tutorial will show you how:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172766(VS.80).aspx

    With ASP.NET MVC you should really use standard Auth since you can manage access to controllers using attributes for Roles very easily.

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