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Switch from forms to claims-based authentication

As of Sitefinity CMS 14.0, forms-based authentication is no longer supported. If your website uses forms-based authentication and you upgrade your project to Sitefinity CMS 14.x or above, claims-based authentication will not be applied automatically. To configure your site to use claims-based authentication, perform the following: 

  1. Login to the backend of your website. 
  2. Click Administration » Settings » User Authentication. 
  3. In the dropdown box, select Claims based authentication and click Save changes. 
  4. Open the web.config file of your project and under the <systemwebserver> section add <remove name="FormsAuthentication"/>. 
  5. Under <system.web> section, change <authentication mode="None" />. 
  6. Save and close the web.config file. 
  7. Restart the application. 

Select authentication protocol 

To configure your site to use the Default or OpenID authentication mechanisms, perform the following: 

  1. Login to the backend of your website. 
  2. Navigate to Administration » Settings » Advanced » Authentication. 
  3. In the Authentication dropdown, select one of the supported authentication mechanisms. 
  4. Click Save changes. 
  5. Restart the application 

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