These instructions use the DNN 4.9.0 starter kit installed in Visual Studio 2008 and using the Active Directory Provider 01.00.04. You don’t need to install the DNN source code to debug this provider.

Download the Active Directory Provider (Source) from the DNN downloads page. This should be a file named ActiveDirectory_01.00.04_source.zip.

Install the Active Directory Provider source code:

1. Assuming the DNN 4.9.0 starter kit has been successfully installed on your local workstation, open the project in VS2008 and run the website and login as host. (We’ll use http://localhost/DNN490 as the URL for our example)
2. Under Host > Host Settings, under Advanced Settings, expand Authentication Settings
3. Click on Install New Authentication System
4. Select the zip file containing the source that you downloaded above
5. After the installation is complete, under the Admin menu, select Authentication and set your AD settings.
6. Close the browser to go back to VS2008
7. The installation will create the folder DesktopModules\AuthenticationServices\ActiveDirectory in your project
8. Under this folder, open the file DotNetNuke.Authentication.ActiveDirectory.VS2008.vbproj.
9. Replace the value ‘DotNetNuke_2’ with your site URL (DNN490 in this example) on the following entries: <IISUrl> and <IISAppRootUrl>
10. Also, comment out the entries <CallTarget Targets=…. />
11. Open the file DNNModule.targets and replace the entry in <EnableDeployment> from 1 to 0
12. Close the solution but do not close VS2008.

Debug the Active Directory Provide module:

1. From VS2008, open the solution file DotNetNuke.Authentication.ActiveDirectory.VS2008.sln located under the DesktopModules\AuthenticationServices\ActiveDirectory folder of your website.
2. Right-click the project file and select Properties, then select the Web tab.
3. Under the Start Action section, select the Start URL and enter the URL of your site (http://localhost/DNN490 in our example).
4. Set a breakpoint in the Page_Init event of WindowsSignin.aspx.vb and run the project.
5. If the breakpoint is not hit, clear all cookies from your browser and re-start the project.