Explain ASP.NET Core Identity.?

ASP.NET Core Identity is a membership system that manages users, passwords, roles,

claims, and authentication.

It provides:

• User registration & login
• Password hashing
• Role & claims management
• Two-factor authentication
• Cookie & token-based authentication

Example:

You can scaffold Identity to get ready-to-use pages for login, registration, and password

reset.

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⚙ 2. How do you configure Identity in ASP.NET Core?

Add Identity services in Program.cs:

builder.Services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options =>

options.UseSqlServer(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("Defa

ultConnection")));

builder.Services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, IdentityRole>()

.AddEntityFrameworkStores<AppDbContext>()

.AddDefaultTokenProviders();