ASP.NET Core Authentication Basics

What you will learn

This course explains the basic authentication flow used in ASP.NET Core MVC applications: login form, credential validation, claims, cookie sign-in, protected routes, and logout.

Starter example

await HttpContext.SignInAsync(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme, principal);

Practice task

Create a protected dashboard route and redirect unauthenticated users to a login page.