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Steps to Configure FBA in SharePoint 2010  Below are the steps required to configure FBA in SharePoint 2010. I will be using MS SQL database as membership store for users.   A) Setting up ASP.NET Forms Authentication User and Role Data Source  1. Create Database  2. Configure Membership and Role Provider  3. Create User B) Create Web Application and Site Collections C) Configure Web.Config file  1. Configuring FBA web application web.config file 2. Configuring Central Administration web application web.config file 3. Configuring Security Token Service web.config file D) Adding User Policy to the FBA Web Application E) Verification Steps  A) Setting up ASP.NET Forms Authentication User and Role Data Source  This section explains creation of database which is used to store user's information such as credentials and roles which is used for Form Authentication. This section also explains the configuration of Membership and Role providers in the web.

Cause of the problem: The following authentication mechanisms are not installed or disabled on the IIS Digest Authentication Basic Authentication Windows Authentication To install them open command prompt and run the following command Command   start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-Net

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj163091(v=office.15).aspx This page contains a huge amount of information on various different dev related topics. My personal highlights are Cloud App Model REST endpoints New client and server APIs Remote Event Receivers Workflow 4.0 Managed Navigation Cross-Site Publishing EDiscovery and many more Office 365 also availabe with free version.