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Configure a SharePoint 2013 Web Application with Forms Based Authentication [ FBA ] with a LDAP membership provider

Dear All The below post is a authenticated version of Form Based Authentication (FBA) in SharePoint 2013 Here we  go... This blog article provides a step-by-step guide with screenshots on how to configure a new Web Application with Forms Based Authentication (FBA) using a LDAP membership provider. While the steps are described in TechNet article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806890%28v=office.15%29.aspx , when it comes to put them in practice you might stumble across difficulties, where this blog comes to your assistance Enjoy! Summary: Create a new user in Active Directory. Create a new Web Application in Central Administration that uses forms-based authentication. Configure the web.config files. Create a new site collection for the new created Web Application and add the FBA user as site collection administrator. Browse to the new created site and test the functionality. 1. Create a new user in Active Directory I named the user ‘fbaadmin’ and...