Difference between FormsAuthentication Microst.AspNet.Identity.Owin.SignInManager.to authenticate

Question

The default Project template of ASP.NET MVC comes with a class named Microst.AspNet.Identity.Owin.SignInManager. This class is used to authenticate users

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Answer 1

MembershipProvider came with FormsAuthentication in ASP.NET 2.

ASP.NET Identity came with SignInManager in ASP.NET 5.

ASP.NET Identity is a new version of MembershipProvider. It offers a lot more features than legacy MembershipProvider.

For example,

• Two-factor authentication
• Token-based authentication
• Easy-to-add custom properties compare to MembershipProvider
• Get instance of UserManager from the OWIN context

If you do not need all those features, you can stick with FormsAuthentication which can be used without MembershipProvider.