Joe Piccirilli is director of the .NET Practice at Syrinx Consulting, where he works with enterprise clients on Microsoft .NET projects developing Windows, Web, SharePoint, and Office-based applications. He provides architectural guidance, insight into emerging tools and technologies, and operational and technical assistance on high-priority projects. Throughout his 12 years in IT, he has led and been a part of teams of all sizes, and through all phases of project life cycles.
With the release of ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft introduced Web developers to the
"provider" model that addresses common application infrastructure needs using
a system of pluggable modules adhering to common interfaces.
ASP.NET shipped with modules to cover Membership (authentication), Roles
(authorization), Sitemap (navigation), and others. These modules work with
each other, and with many of the controls included in Visual Studio, to
drastically reduce the amount of code needed to perform the functions that
nearly every Web application requires.
Each provider shipped with multiple implementations to cover the most common
development and deployment scenarios. More importantly, the providers were
built in a way that lets developers customize key elements of functionality
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Joe Piccirilli is director of the .NET Practice at Syrinx Consulting, where he works with enterprise clients on Microsoft .NET projects developing Windows, Web, SharePoint, and Office-based applications. He provides architectural guidance, insight into emerging tools and technologies, and operational and technical assistance on high-priority projects. Throughout his 12 years in IT, he has led and been a part of teams of all sizes, and through all phases of project life cycles. 
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