{"id":334,"date":"2014-08-05T17:44:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/webdev\/2014\/08\/05\/announcing-rtm-of-asp-net-identity-2-1-0\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T04:27:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T11:27:11","slug":"announcing-rtm-of-asp-net-identity-2-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/announcing-rtm-of-asp-net-identity-2-1-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing RTM of ASP.NET Identity 2.1.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are releasing RTM of ASP.NET Identity 2.1.0. The main focus in this release was to fix bugs and add SignInManager<\/em> to make it easier to use security features such as Account Lockout, Two-Factor Authentication for login.<\/font><\/p>\n

ASP.NET Identity 2.1 is included in the ASP.NET templates which were released with <\/font>VS 2013 Update 3<\/font><\/a>. The templates have been updated to include Two-Factor Authentication.<\/font><\/p>\n

Download this release<\/h3>\n

You can download ASP.NET Identity from the NuGet gallery. You can install or update these packages using the NuGet Package Manager Console, like this:<\/font><\/p>\n

Install-Package <\/em><\/font>Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework<\/em><\/font><\/a> \u2013Version 2.1.0  <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Install-Package <\/em><\/font>Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core<\/em><\/font><\/a> -Version 2.1.0 <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Install-Package <\/em><\/font>Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.OWIN<\/em><\/font><\/a> -Version 2.1.0<\/em><\/font> <\/p>\n

What\u2019s in this release?<\/h3>\n

Following is the list of features and major issues that were fixed in 2.1.0.<\/p>\n

SignInManager<\/h3>\n

SignInManager<\/em> makes it easier to add Two-Factor authentication, account lockout and other features when you login. <\/p>\n

SignInManager<\/em> was in the samples package in ASP.NET Identity 2.0. In version 2.1, we have added it in the framework<\/p>\n

The following tutorials cover account confirmation and Two-Factor Authentication (including account lockout and protecting against brute force attacks against the two factor authentication codes)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.asp.net\/identity\/overview\/features-api\/account-confirmation-and-password-recovery-with-aspnet-identity<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.asp.net\/identity\/overview\/features-api\/two-factor-authentication-using-sms-and-email-with-aspnet-identity<\/a><\/p>\n

Following show the login code of an application which uses two-factor authentication and account lockout.<\/p>\n

\"logincode\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

List of bugs fixed<\/h3>\n

You can look at all the bugs that were fixed in this release by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enable Two-Factor Authentication in ASP.NET templates using VS 2013 Update 3<\/h3>\n

The following steps summarize the experience of enabling Two-Factor Authentication using SMS in ASP.NET MVC. You can follow the same steps for other templates such as Web Forms as well. You can also write your own Two-Factor authentication provider (such as using QR codes using authenticator apps) and plug it in.<\/p>\n

For a more detailed walkthrough of the code and the concepts refer to the following article http:\/\/www.asp.net\/identity\/overview\/features-api\/two-factor-authentication-using-sms-and-email-with-aspnet-identity<\/a><\/p>\n