<s>
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Site	I-Application
Administration	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
is	O
a	O
utility	O
provided	O
along	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
which	O
assists	O
in	O
the	O
configuration	B-Device
and	O
administration	B-Application
of	O
a	O
website	O
created	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	I-Application
and	O
later	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Web	O
Site	O
Administration	B-Application
tool	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
with	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
along	O
with	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Microsoft	O
Management	O
Console	O
(	O
MMC	O
)	O
Snap-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Site	I-Application
Administration	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
clicking	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Configuration	B-Device
from	O
the	O
Website	O
menu	O
or	O
Project	O
menu	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
Professional	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
clicking	O
on	O
the	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Configuration	B-Device
icon	O
in	O
the	O
Solution	O
Explorer	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmatic	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
features	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Site	I-Application
administration	I-Application
tool	I-Application
is	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
System.Web.Security	O
namespace	O
in	O
the	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Site	I-Application
Administration	I-Application
tool	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multi-tabbed	O
utility	O
which	O
has	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Web	O
site	O
administration	B-Application
tool	O
is	O
opened	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
existing	O
settings	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
database	O
is	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
App_Data	O
folder	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
database	O
stores	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
membership-related	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
makes	O
it	O
comparatively	O
easy	O
to	O
configure	B-Device
user	O
permissions	O
than	O
code-based	O
user-defined	O
authentication	O
systems	O
which	O
require	O
a	O
great	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
cost	O
and	O
manpower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
drawback	O
of	O
this	O
tool	O
is	O
that	O
access	O
rules	O
could	O
be	O
defined	O
only	O
at	O
the	O
folder-level	O
and	O
not	O
at	O
the	O
page-level	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Application	O
tab	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
specify	O
application	O
settings	O
,	O
configure	B-Device
SMTP	B-Protocol
settings	O
and	O
enable	O
or	O
disable	O
debugging	O
and	O
tracing	O
apart	O
from	O
other	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Application	O
tab	O
interacts	O
with	O
the	O
configuration	B-Device
file	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
(	O
web.config	O
)	O
and	O
not	O
with	O
the	O
ASPNETDB	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Provider	O
tab	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
specify	O
the	O
database	O
provider	O
for	O
the	O
ASPNETDB	O
database	O
used	O
to	O
store	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
membership	O
and	O
role	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
provider	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
store	O
all	O
data	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Website	O
Administration	B-Application
tool	O
or	O
different	O
databases	O
for	O
each	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
