--- title: "Add Custom Data to the Authentication Method | Microsoft Docs" author: JoeStagner description: "Joe Stagner will continue the exploration of ASP.NET authentication by configuring the authentication method to add custom data to the authentication ticket..." ms.author: aspnetcontent manager: wpickett ms.date: 07/16/2008 ms.topic: article ms.assetid: 940bdecc-ae0f-448f-a189-405efa614049 ms.technology: dotnet-webforms ms.prod: .net-framework msc.legacyurl: /web-forms/videos/authentication/add-custom-data-to-the-authentication-method msc.type: video --- Add Custom Data to the Authentication Method ==================== by [Joe Stagner](https://github.com/JoeStagner) Joe Stagner will continue the exploration of ASP.NET authentication by configuring the authentication method to add custom data to the authentication ticket that is used by ASP.NET. For more information on this demo, a tutorial is located [here](../../overview/older-versions-security/introduction/forms-authentication-configuration-and-advanced-topics-vb.md). [▶ Watch video (14 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/add-custom-data-to-the-authentication-method) >[!div class="step-by-step"] [Previous](forms-login-custom-key-configuration.md) [Next](use-custom-principal-objects.md)