White papers

  1. Provider Toolkit
  2. Custom Provider-Based Services
  3. Hands-on Custom Providers- The Contoso Times
  4. Code template to get quick start http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/2/8e254b03-796b-48d4-9579-abe4492cd11b/providerbasedfeature.msi

ASP.NET 2.0 providers implementations

  1. Access-based Sample Access Providers
  2. Xml-based provider ASP.NET XmlProvider Library, ASP.NET XmlProviders, XML membership provider for ASP.NET 2.0
  3. FireBird-based providers http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=netprovider
  4. MySql-based providers CodeProject- Membership and Role providers for MySQL. Free source, CodeProject- MySQL Membership Role Sitemap Personalization,

Sample & tutorials

  1. Custom Site Map Providers in ASP.NET 2.0
  2. Understanding and Extending the Site Navigation System in ASP.NET 2.0

Who did they utilize it ?

  1. A tutorial on how to use the Provider Templates to create your own provider http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/HTMLEditor.aspx.
  2. Localizing your web application Extending the ASP.NET 2.0 Resource-Provider Model