Membership Provider   The membership provider provides authentication and authorization services. Use the membership provider to create new users and passwords, and validate the identity of users.

Roles Provider   The roles provider provides methods for creating roles, adding users to roles, and deleting roles. Use the roles provider to assign users to groups and manage permissions.

Profiles Provider   The profiles provider provides methods for reading, storing, and retrieving user information. Use the profiles provider to save user preferences.

Web Parts Personalization Provider   The web parts personalization provider provides methods for loading and storing the personalized content and layout of web pages. Use the web parts personalization provider to allow users to create personalized views of your website.

Health Monitoring Provider   The health monitoring provider provides methods for monitoring the status of deployed web applications. Use the health monitoring provider to monitor application performance, identify failing applications or systems, and log and review significant events.