Steps to set FBA for SharePoint 2010

1. Go to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727. 2. Open file aspnet_regsql.exe (with Run as Administrator). I. You will get an installation form. Hit Next button.

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Click on Configure SQL Server for application services then hit Next button.

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Now provide server name to connect & install new database for Membership. Now hit Next button.

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Now you get a summary page on which you will get server name & its new database name called aspnetdb. Click on Next button.

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Now database has been created. Click on Finish button.

3. Install FBA tool. 4. Create a new Site collection (suppose we called it A). 5. Extend this site (Suppose we called it B). I. Open Central Administration. II. Click on Application Management. III. Click on Manage Web application.

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Click on Site A & then hit Extend button on ribbon.

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Click on Create a new IIS web site. Provide name & port number (optional). Provide host header (optional) Select Anonymous Access to No Use Secured Socket layer No

6. Check on Enable Windows Authentication. Check On Integrated windows authentication & select NTLM.

7. Check Enable Forms Based Authentication. In ASP.NET Membership provider name put SqlMember & in ASP.NET Role manager name put SqlRole.

8. Select Default Sign in Page. 9. Select Zone. 10. Click OK.

11. After creating this site, Test this site.

6. Make changes in web.config files. I. Open inetmgr. II. Explore Site A & take back up of web.config file. 1. Open web.config file. 2. Put this connection string just after </configSections>
<connectionStrings>

<clear /> <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" connectionString="data source=testshare3\sharepoint;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>

3.

Search for entry <PeoplePickerWildcards> & put this entry within this tag.
<add key="SqlMember" value="%" /> <add key="SqlRole" value="%" />

4. Search for entry <membership> & < roleManager> replace whole entry with :
<membership defaultProvider="i" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15" hashAlgorithmType=""> <providers> <clear /> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMemberShipProvider" enablePasswordRetrieval="true" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Encrypted" name="SqlMember" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, &#xD;&#xA;Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> <add name="i" type="Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPClaimsAuthMembershipProvider, &#xD;&#xA;Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" /> </providers> </membership> <roleManager enabled="true" cacheRolesInCookie="false" cookieName=".ASPXROLES" cookieTimeout="30" cookiePath="/" cookieRequireSSL="false" cookieSlidingExpiration="true" cookieProtection="All" defaultProvider="c" createPersistentCookie="false" maxCachedResults="25"> <providers> <clear /> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMemberShipProvider" applicationName="/" name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, &#xD;&#xA;Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> <add applicationName="/" name="SqlRole" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, &#xD;&#xA;Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> <add name="c" type="Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPClaimsAuthRoleProvider, &#xD;&#xA;Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" /> </providers> </roleManager>

5. Now save & close this web.config file. III. Explore Site B (Extended new site) & take back up of web.config file. 1. Open web.config file. 2. Put this connection string just after </configSections>
<connectionStrings> <clear /> <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" connectionString="data source=testshare3\sharepoint;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>

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Search for entry <PeoplePickerWildcards> & put this entry within this tag.
<add key="SqlMember" value="%" /> <add key="SqlRole" value="%" />

4. Search for entry <membership> & < roleManager> replace whole entry with :
<membership defaultProvider="i" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15" hashAlgorithmType=""> <providers> <clear /> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMemberShipProvider" enablePasswordRetrieval="true" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Encrypted" name="SqlMember" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, &#xD;&#xA;Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> <add name="i" type="Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPClaimsAuthMembershipProvider, &#xD;&#xA;Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" /> </providers> </membership> <roleManager enabled="true" cacheRolesInCookie="false" cookieName=".ASPXROLES" cookieTimeout="30" cookiePath="/" cookieRequireSSL="false" cookieSlidingExpiration="true" cookieProtection="All" defaultProvider="c" createPersistentCookie="false" maxCachedResults="25"> <providers> <clear /> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMemberShipProvider" applicationName="/" name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, &#xD;&#xA;Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />

<add applicationName="/" name="SqlRole" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, &#xD;&#xA;Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> <add name="c" type="Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPClaimsAuthRoleProvider, &#xD;&#xA;Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" /> </providers> </roleManager>

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5. Now save & close this web.config file. Explore Central Administration Site & take back up of web.config file. 1. Open web.config file. 2. Put this connection string just after </configSections>
<connectionStrings> <clear /> <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" connectionString="data source=testshare3\sharepoint;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>

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Search for entry <PeoplePickerWildcards> & put this entry within this tag.
<add key="SqlMember" value="%" /> <add key="SqlRole" value="%" />

4. Search for entry <membership> & < roleManager> replace whole entry with :
<roleManager enabled="true" cacheRolesInCookie="false" cookieName=".ASPXROLES" cookieTimeout="30" cookiePath="/" cookieRequireSSL="false" cookieSlidingExpiration="true" cookieProtection="All" defaultProvider="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" createPersistentCookie="false" maxCachedResults="25"> <providers> <clear /> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" applicationName="/" name="SqlRole" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0,&#xD;&#xA; Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />

<add applicationName="/" name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0,&#xD;&#xA; Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> </providers> </roleManager> <membership defaultProvider="SqlMember" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15" hashAlgorithmType=""> <providers> <clear /> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Hashed" name="SqlMember" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0,&#xD;&#xA; Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> </providers> </membership>

5. Now save & close this web.config file.

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Now click on SharePoint web services & then click on SecurityTokenServiceApplication and explore it.

1. Search for tag </system.net> & paste this just after </system.net> tag
<connectionStrings> <clear /> <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" connectionString="data source=testshare3\sharepoint;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings> <system.web> <membership defaultProvider="SqlMember"> <providers> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Hashed" name="SqlMember" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> </providers> </membership> <roleManager defaultProvider="SqlRole" enabled="true"> <providers> <add connectionStringName="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" applicationName="/" name="SqlRole" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> </providers> </roleManager> </system.web>

2. Now Save & Close this. Web.config file.

7. Go to Center Administration, Click on Manage Web Application.

8. Select Site A & Click on User Policy. I. You will get a dialog box

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Click on Add Users, you will see the below dialog box, which will ask you to select the zone for which you want to add the users. Select zone and click next

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In the next window, Choose Users then Choose Permission for those users and click Finish.

Important Note: Dont forget to grant dbOwner access to NT/AUTHORITY user on aspnetdb database.