How do I setup ASP.NET Identity 2.0 to use my own connection string

By default ASP.NET Identity 2.0 creates the database inside the App_Data directory of the application. ASP.NET identity 2.0 works on the Entity Framework Code First approach and it reads the connection string mentioned in the web.config as shown below,

In the ApplicationDbContext class you can find that connection string named DefaultConnection has been used. You can find ApplicationDbContext class inside the IdentityModels.cs file.

You may have a requirement to use some other database server and the database to configure the ASP.NET Identity 2.0. Simplest way you can do this by changing the connection string the web.config file.

DJPC is database server name of my development machine. ASP.NET Identity 2.0 works on the EF Code First approach, it will create the database DelhiDevDayExample, if it’s not already there. Other option is to create connection string programmatically and pass it to the context class.

This is the way you can change the connection string of ASP.NET Identity 2.0.