WCF User Management Technology Recommendation
I am writing C # WinForm and asp.net applications that talk to a SQL server through a WCF service. I want to avoid creating my own user management system and would like to use an existing component / technology that can create / delete / manage users and roles. What would you suggest?
Note: I am aware of the structure in Geneva, but the RTM for it is the second half of 2009.
The best solution for you would be to use the built-in asp.net role management for your web application, depending on the complexity of your applications, how much role management can be built in for you. Check out these links http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t32yf0a9.aspx http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/120705-1.aspx
About Geneva, its claims-based access model, which is a proposal from MS from a long time and finally we see them. I've evaluated the beta and it seems to work great, but don't know how well it can be used for production level code. If you are looking for multiplatform federated apps you can go with geneva, otherwise asp.net role management should be enough.
Again, this depends entirely on the complexity of the application you are developing. Geneva handles complex federated applications very well without writing a lot of code.
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