SharePoint 2010 - Forms Based Authentication (FBA), handled by Claims Based Authentication (CBA)

External User Management

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Page was cross-posted to this blog on 09/30/2011.

External User Management

The External User Management solution allows for easy management of users and groups for a SharePoint 2010 environment configured for Forms Based Authentication (FBA), handled by Claims Based Authentication (CBA). It contains management pages for Site Collection Administrators to:

User Management tasks

• Add users
• Edit a user (edit details, password or role membership)
• Unlock a user
• Delete a user

Role Management tasks

• Add a role
• Delete a role

Prerequisites

Log4Net is a highly flexible and configurable logging mechanism and is used by this solution. It is included in the Deployment Package and can be installed as a SharePoint Solution Package (.wsp) using STSADM or PowerShell:

STSADM -o addsolution -filename Log4Net.v1.2.10.wsp
STSADM -o deploysolution -name Log4Net.v1.2.10.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate

Installation

Add and deploy the SharePoint Solution Package (.wsp) using STSADM or PowerShell:

STSADM -o addsolution -filename Ventigrate.Shared.ExternalMembership.wsp
STSADM -o deploysolution -name Ventigrate.Shared.ExternalMembership.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate

Add an internal Alternate Access Mapping "http://extranet" for the Zone on the WebApplication that has the Membership and Role Provider (Claims) configured in it's web.config. This is the key to getting the administration pages to connect to the correct provider.

Activate the Site Collection Feature to make a link to the management pages appear in Site Collection Administration.