Comparison with Asp.Net Web Site Administration Tool

"...but Visual Studio 2005 already has an Asp.Net Web Site Administration Tool!"

So why would you need this control?

The Membership Manager Control is not meant to replace the built-in Web Site Administration Tool. Instead, it adds functionality that Microsoft left out.

The Asp.Net Web Site Administration Tool

The Asp.Net Web Site Administration Tool provides a great interface for managing application settings and setting up access rules and user roles. It also includes functionality for creating users in order to add them to those roles. But wait... the Asp.Net WebSite Administration Tool works on your development machine and not on your live web server.

And while you can certainly copy updated configuration files to your remote web server, you probably won't want to do that with your database!

The Membership Manager Control

The Membership Manager control is designed to be placed into an access-controlled location on your web site and is focused on handling the most common issues you will encounter when administering your living web site.

Plus, you get extra features such as "Change User Name", "Automatic Wild Card Search" and more.

Here is a comparison of features:

Feature	Web Site Administration Tool	Membership Manager Control
List of members
List unapproved members
Same-screen list/detail view
Search by user name/e-mail
Search with wild-card support
Automatic wild-card search
Controlled result-list size
Delete user
Change user name
Activate/Deactivate user
Change e-mail address
Edit comments (description)
View date created
View last login date
View last activity date
View/change un-hashed passwords
View password format
View last password change date
View failed password attempt count
View/Change Question & Answer
View failed password answer attempt count
Available as on-line web admin component
Customizable user interface

– The Asp.Net Web Site Administration Tool provides a single line 20-character text box while MM Control provides a multi-line textbox for editing the comments field which is of type “nText”

– Optionally enabled feature works in conjunction with settings in web.config.

– Works in conjunction with settings in web.config.

– The Web Site Administration tool is purported to be accessible on-line using certain virtual directory mapping techniques whereas the Membership Manager Control was designed to be used on an access-controlled web page.