How to manage Local Asp.Net Membership Users easily

During development you can manage local Asp.Net Membership Users easily through the .Net Users section in Internet Information Services Manager (IIS Manager).

Prerequisites

• IIS Manager is installed on your local machine. Search for IIS Manager in your programs or follow this to install (Install IIS Manager)
• Visual Studio Project that uses Membership and has a valid connection to your local database
• Valid database setup to store Membership Users

Steps

1. Create a new Website (Right Click Sites > Add a Website)
2. Set the application path to the folder containing your target project in the pop up
3. Navigate to the .Net Users section (see below)
4. From here you can add, edit and delete all the Membership Users in the database