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Solved: What are the recommended authentication settings in IIS 10 for ASP.NET Core MVC application

By: Author Alex Lim

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Question

I have created a ASP.NET Core 5.0 MVC application using environment as below:

  • SQL Server 2019 for the database and Entity Framework.
  • ASP.NET Core Identity for Authentication and Authorization.
  • Visual Studio 2019
  • IIS 10.0

These are the tables in my database that have the users and roles.

Tables in my database that have the users and roles.

When I publish my application with Visual Studio 2019, I usually publish to a Folder and then push the files to my website folder on IIS 10. In IIS Manager, I was looking at the Authentication settings for my Site and these are the options.

I was looking at the Authentication settings for my Site and these are the options.

If I use ASP.NET Core Identity for Authentication and Authorization, which of these settings do I need to Enable or Disable for my website?

Or

Is there some other Setting that I need to set on my website so I can use ASP.NET Core Identity?

Answer

Either ASP.NET Impersonation or Anonymous Authentication will work.