What is the difference between IdentityDbContext and IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser> in MVC5
asp.net, asp.net-mvc, asp.net-mvc-5, entity-framework, entity-framework-6
Solution
`IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>` will let you use your own `ApplicationUser` class as the `User` entity. I.e. you can have custom properties on your users. The `IdentityDbContext` class inherits from `IdentityDbContext<IdentityUser>` which means you will have to use the `IdentityUser` class for your users.
If you want to have more properties on your user objects than the few properties that `IdentityUser` provide (UserName, PasswordHash and a few more) then you may want to choose `IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>`
Problem
On what basis should one decide to use `IdentityDbContext` versus `IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>` in an ASP.NET MVC5 application? What benefits do we get by using `IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>` instead of the non-generic `IdentityDbContext`?