ASP.net membership provider - Can I switch from Microsoft Access to SQL Server?

Question

The asp.net membership provider uses access database.

Would it be possible to use a mssql server to store this instead?

Seems odd for me to use a seperate access db instead of putting everything inside my current mssql server.

Answer 1

Yes, it can use MSSQL.

Actually, by default it uses SQL Express, not Access, but it can be configured for standard versions of SQL server in addition to the Express/Developer versions.

This link shows how, and it applies to newer versions of SQL Server as well.

Configuring ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services to use SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005