Authentication mode is typically configured in web.config and of course it is very logical that either Forms or Windows can be used. However for an intranet application I find it quite handy to consider the following scenario.
- Application uses forms authentication, however users used by the application are in fact windows identities. I mean users: wuser01/pdw1, wuser02/pdw2, wuser03/pdw3 and wuser04/pdw are in fact available on Active Directory domain.
- Application uses forms authentication and allows the following users to use the application: wuser01, wuser04 and fuser01 (user defined in AspNetSqlMembershipProvider)
- Ideally, windows users wuser01 and wuser04 are recognized and sign in automatically (without filling in username/pwd). All other users will be redirected to login page and login using username/pwd combinat ...
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