Windows Authentication in MVC4 with IIS Express

Hello everyone, I am going to share the about Windows Authentication in MVC4 with IIS Express or How to enable to Windows Authentication in MVC4  Web Application (projects) with IIS Express.

Just follow the few steps to windows authentication in MVC4 Web Application as given below.

Step 1 :

In the First step, you create MVC4 Web Application.

Step 2 :

Open MVC4 Web Application web config file for few modification for windows authentication.

i) Comment the code for form authentication section in system.web section.  i.e.

    <!--<authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
    </authentication>-->

j) Add the authentication mode is Windows.  i.e.

   <authentication mode="Windows"></authentication>

Step 3 :

Added to application Settings in the appSettings section. i.e.

    <add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false" />
    <add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false"/>

Step 4:

Select  MVC4 Web Application project name in solution explorer and then click on the property explorer and select pick to Windows Authentication as Enabled and anonymous authentication as Enabled. i.e.



Step 5:

Add the Authorize attribute on top of  all controllers for Authorize to controllers. i.e.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace WindowAUth.Controllers
{
    [Authorize]
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.Message = "Modify this template to jump-start your ASP.NET MVC application.";
            return View();
        }


        public ActionResult About()
        {
            ViewBag.Message = "Your app description page.";

            return View();
        }

    }
}

In the last Step 5:

Now,  go to "Startup.cs" (at project's root) and comment the code inside "Configuration" method.

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