what is the differences between Membership, SimpleMembership, ASP.NET Identity?

Question

what is the differences between Membership, SimpleMembership, ASP.NET Identity?

• Which one is best in web forms?
• How to use SimpleMembership in web forms.
• Limitation with SimpleMembership in web forms.

Answer 1

You listed them in progressive order by age. The Asp.net Membership Provider was first introduced with .net 2.0. Later. Simple Membership was released but most recently Microsoft has replaced SimpleMembership with Asp.net Identity (Microsoft.Aspnet.Identity.Core). This article should help you understand... Forms authentication using ASP.NET Identity & VS 2013

Remember, there are changes currently taking place between the RC version of AspNet Identity and the RTM version which has not yet been released.

Here's another article that will help you. Introducing ASP.NET Identity – A membership system for ASP.NET applications