Active directory with Asp.net windows authentication

Question

I have setup Active Directory in a VM and added some users into it. I used Windows 2008 core edition to setup the AD. Now to test my asp.net application, I created a sample page and configured in IIS. So when we call this page windows security window will be called and ask for username and passowrd.

My requirement is type the username and password which i specified inside AD. I provide username in the security window, something like:

test.ca/username

where test.ca is the domain name for AD. My problem is username is not getting accessed from VM and authentication fails and the username/pwd window prompts again.

Any one has suggestions?

Regards Sangeetha

Answer 1

The machine running IIS must be joined to the Active Directory domain in order to use Integrated authentication with domain accounts.

If the machine running IIS cannot be joined to the domain, then you would need to use Forms authentication instead. Then, your ASP.NET application could, for example, validate the user's credentials against AD using the classes in the System.DirectoryServices namespace.