Authentication with login/password (SQL Server) ?

[ElysaPierre]

Hello,

Which authentication method do you advice me to use in my project (Silverlight + ArcGIS Server + SQL Server)? My manager what to use only Silverlight. Is it possible ?

Best regard,
E.

[DanielWalton]

Microsoft has some pretty nice out-of-the-box solutions for authentication. You can use ASP.NET's SqlMembershipProvider to store and access user information in SQL server, then use the Silverlight AuthenticationService to access Membership information within Silverlight. Here's a walk-through: http://www.silverlight.net/learn/data-networking/authentication/how-do-i-use-aspnet-authentication-i...