What is the difference between Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core and Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity?

Question

I am implementing the AspNet identity in ASP.NET MVC application. But when I am going through the online materials I am quite confused about the 2 dlls Microsoft.Aspne

Answer 1

Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core has nothing to do with ASP.NET Core, it's just a way to tell that it is the main (hence the word "core") library of ASP.NET Identity (pre-ASP.NET Core version). Since you are not using ASP.NET Core, you have to use Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core.

Basically, you have two scenarios:

• Either you're using ASP.NET Core, in which case you'll have to use Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity
• Or you're using an ASP.NET version before ASP.NET Core, and you'll have to use Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core.