The Web Site Administration Tool lets you use different provider classes for application features, such as membership and ...

The Web Site Administration Tool lets you use different provider classes for application features, such as membership and roles. ASP.NET is installed with several provider classes for each type of application feature. For example, ASP.NET has a provider class for membership that stores information in a SQL Server database (AspNetSqlMembershipProvider), and another that stores membership information in Active Directory.