The AuthenticationService, RoleService, and ProfileService classes contain methods that let you log on users, check which roles the current user belongs to, and retrieve profile properties for the user through WCF services. The namespace also includes the following classes:

• CreatingCookieEventArgs, which is used to customize the authentication cookie from the AuthenticationService class.

• AuthenticatingEventArgs, which is used to select the membership provider at run time.

• SelectingProviderEventArgs, which is used to select the role provider at run time.

• ValidatingPropertiesEventArgs, which is used to create custom validation for user profile properties.

Classes

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	Class	Description
	ApplicationServicesHostFactory	Provides a factory class that creates instances of the authentication service, role service, and profile service in managed hosting environments.
	AuthenticatingEventArgs	Provides data for the Authenticating event.
	AuthenticationService	Enables access to ASP.NET forms authentication as a Web service.
	CreatingCookieEventArgs	Provides data for the CreatingCookie event.
	KnownTypesProvider	Infrastructure. Creates an array of Type objects that contain the types of individual profile properties.
	ProfilePropertyMetadata	Provides a collection of values that describe a profile property.
	ProfileService	Enables access to ASP.NET user profiles through a Web service.
	RoleService	Enables access to the ASP.NET role provider as a WCF Web service.
	SelectingProviderEventArgs	Provides data for the SelectingProvider event.
	ValidatingPropertiesEventArgs	Provides data for the ValidatingProperties event.