{"id":325,"date":"2016-05-19T01:07:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T05:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.visigo.com\/chriscoulson\/?p=325"},"modified":"2018-12-24T09:46:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T14:46:12","slug":"configuring-forms-based-authentication-in-sharepoint-2016-sharepoint-2019-part-4-adding-users-to-the-membership-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.visigo.com\/chriscoulson\/configuring-forms-based-authentication-in-sharepoint-2016-sharepoint-2019-part-4-adding-users-to-the-membership-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 – Part 4 – Adding Users to the Membership Database"},"content":{"rendered":"

Configuring forms based authentication (FBA) in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 is exactly the same process as configuring it for SharePoint 2013. \u00a0I’ve recreated the SharePoint 2013 FBA\u00a0tutorial<\/a> specifically for SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019, using screenshots from SharePoint 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2. \u00a0I have changed the tutorial to use the SharePoint FBA Pack<\/a> to create the FBA users, but otherwise it remains the same and can be used interchangeably between SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016\/2019.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll go through all of the steps required to setup FBA for SharePoint 2016 and 2019, from start to finish. \u00a0I\u2019ve broken down the steps into 4 sections, so if you already have an existing membership database setup from a previous version of SharePoint, feel free to skip forward to\u00a0Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part 1 – Creating the Membership Database<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 2 – Editing the Web.Config Files<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 3 – \u00a0Configuring SharePoint<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 4 – Adding Users to the Membership Database<\/a><\/p>\n

You can also watch a video of the whole process on YouTube: Configuring Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part 4\u00a0– Adding Users to the Membership Database<\/h2>\n

At this point SharePoint has been completely been setup for forms based authentication. Unfortunately people still can’t login with FBA, as no users have been added to the membership database.<\/p>\n

There are a few ways to add users to the membership database. \u00a0You can manage the users in the membership database using IIS. I prefer to manage the users in SharePoint using the SharePoint FBA Pack<\/a>. I’m going to show you how to install the FBA Pack and use it to add users to your membership database.<\/p>\n