使用VS 2012及更高版本的ASP.Net MVC 4进行Windows身份验证

Question

Writing this as a question and answering it self, because there were two steps i followed to resolve the issue, which was not available together.

Was developing an application in ASP.Net MVC 4 [internet app using razor view] using Visual Studio 2012.

The default web.config entries for <authentication> was as follows:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>

I needed windows authentication for the application. Hence, changed the mode to Windows

<authentication mode="Windows" />

With the above settings, HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated was false HttpContext.User.Identity.Name was empty string.

Answer 1

Select the web project and press F4.

Make the following changes:

Anonymous Authentication : Disabled, 
Windows Authentication : Enabled .

If the application is tried to run with the above changes, you will get HTTP 404 error and application will be redirected to domainname/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f.

Along with above changes there are two more keys which is to be added in the <appSettings> section in the web.config file.

<add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false" />
<add key="enablesimplemembership" value="false"/>

Now if you run the application you will be an authenticated user and also get the name.

HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated will be true

and

HttpContext.User.Identity.Name will have the user name.