How to implement windows authentication in asp.net mvc

For securing your application with unauthorized access Microsoft have provided different type of authentication methods in your asp.net application, windows authentication is one of them. In this article we will learn to perform windows authentication.

For performing windows authentication in our MVC application first we will make configuration our application web.config file.

<authentication mode="Windows">     </authentication>     <authorization>       <deny users="?"/>     </authorization>

Now in our controller end we will set attribute for authorizing the user type.

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Web; using System.Web.Mvc; namespace Windows_Authentication.Controllers {          [Authorize (Users="@Administrator")]    public class HomeController : Controller     {         //         // GET: /Home/         [Authorize (Users="@Administrator")]         public ActionResult Index()         {             return View();         }     } }

In above code we have provided user for authentication. We can perform both on controller as well as on action level.

Now for making IIS configuration for windows authentication follow the link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg703322(v=vs.98).aspx