.NET Core 2.1.0 (along with ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core) will be released around May 30th, but for folks who can't wait until then and would like to get their hands on the bits a little early, read on! 

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        //...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddAutoMapper(typeof(MappingProfile).Assembly);

            services.AddScoped<IHotelRoomService, HotelRoomService>();
            services.AddScoped<IAmenityService, AmenityService>();
            services.AddScoped<IHotelRoomImageService, HotelRoomImageService>();

            var connectionString = Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");
            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(connectionString));

            services.AddIdentity<IdentityUser, IdentityRole>()
                .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>()
                .AddDefaultTokenProviders();

            //...

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="8.1.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.6.3" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\BlazorServer\BlazorServer.DataAccess\BlazorServer.DataAccess.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\BlazorServer\BlazorServer.Services\BlazorServer.Services.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\BlazorServer\BlazorServer.Models.Mappings\BlazorServer.Models.Mappings.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=HotelManagement;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
  }
}

using BlazorServer.Models;
using BlazorServer.Services;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class HotelRoomController : ControllerBase
    {
        private readonly IHotelRoomService _hotelRoomService;

        public HotelRoomController(IHotelRoomService hotelRoomService)
        {
            _hotelRoomService = hotelRoomService;
        }

        [HttpGet]
        public IAsyncEnumerable<HotelRoomDTO> GetHotelRooms()
        {
            return _hotelRoomService.GetAllHotelRoomsAsync();
        }

        [HttpGet("{roomId}")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> GetHotelRoom(int? roomId)
        {
            if (roomId == null)
            {
                return BadRequest(new ErrorModel
                {
                    Title = "",
                    ErrorMessage = "Invalid Room Id",
                    StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest
                });
            }

            var roomDetails = await _hotelRoomService.GetHotelRoomAsync(roomId.Value);
            if (roomDetails == null)
            {
                return BadRequest(new ErrorModel
                {
                    Title = "",
                    ErrorMessage = "Invalid Room Id",
                    StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status404NotFound
                });
            }

            return Ok(roomDetails);
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class ErrorModel
    {
        public string Title { get; set; }

        public int StatusCode { get; set; }

        public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
         // ... 

            services.AddCors(o => o.AddPolicy("HotelManagement", builder =>
            {
                builder.AllowAnyOrigin().AllowAnyMethod().AllowAnyHeader();
            }));

            services.AddControllers()
                    .AddJsonOptions(options =>
                    {
                        options.JsonSerializerOptions.PropertyNamingPolicy = null;
                        // To avoid `JsonSerializationException: Self referencing loop detected error`
                        options.JsonSerializerOptions.ReferenceHandler = ReferenceHandler.Preserve;
                    });
         // ... 
        }

        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
        {
            // ... 

            app.UseCors("HotelManagement");
            app.UseRouting();

            app.UseAuthentication();
            // ...
        }
    }
}

Today we are glad to announce an alpha release of SignalR for ASP.NET Core 2.0. This is the first official release of a new SignalR that is compatible with ASP.NET Core. It consists of a server component, a .NET client targeting .NET Standard 2.0 and a JavaScript/TypeScript client. 

Announcing WCF Connected Service for .NET Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2

Edge of the Web: Entity Framework Core: The Future of EF for ASP.NET Core 

 >ng g c Dashboard/CallProtectedApi

import { CallProtectedApiComponent } from "./call-protected-api/call-protected-api.component";

const routes: Routes = [
  {
    path: "callProtectedApi",
    component: CallProtectedApiComponent,
    data: {
      permission: {
        permittedRoles: ["Admin", "User"],
        deniedRoles: null
      } as AuthGuardPermission
    },
    canActivate: [AuthGuard]
  }
];

<li *ngIf="isLoggedIn" routerLinkActive="active">
        <a [routerLink]="['/callProtectedApi']">‍‍Call Protected Api</a>
</li>

import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { AuthService } from "../../core/services/auth.service";

@Component({
  selector: "app-call-protected-api",
  templateUrl: "./call-protected-api.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./call-protected-api.component.css"]
})
export class CallProtectedApiComponent implements OnInit {

  isAdmin = false;
  isUser = false;
  result: any;

  constructor(private authService: AuthService) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.isAdmin = this.authService.isAuthUserInRole("Admin");
    this.isUser = this.authService.isAuthUserInRole("User");
  }

  callMyProtectedAdminApiController() {
  }

  callMyProtectedApiController() {
  }
}

<button *ngIf="isAdmin" (click)="callMyProtectedAdminApiController()">
  Call Protected Admin API [Authorize(Roles = "Admin")]
</button>

<button *ngIf="isAdmin || isUser" (click)="callMyProtectedApiController()">
  Call Protected API ([Authorize])
</button>

<div *ngIf="result">
  <pre>{{result | json}}</pre>
</div>

  getBearerAuthHeader(): HttpHeaders {
    return new HttpHeaders({
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.getRawAuthToken(AuthTokenType.AccessToken)}`
    });
  }

import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { HttpEvent, HttpInterceptor, HttpHandler, HttpRequest } from "@angular/common/http";
import { Observable } from "rxjs/Observable";

import { AuthService, AuthTokenType } from "./auth.service";

@Injectable()
export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {

  constructor(private authService: AuthService) { }

  intercept(request: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {

    const accessToken = this.authService.getRawAuthToken(AuthTokenType.AccessToken);
    if (accessToken) {
      request = request.clone({
        headers: request.headers.set("Authorization", `Bearer ${accessToken}`)
      });
    }

    return next.handle(request);
  }
}

import { HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from "@angular/common/http";

import { AuthInterceptor } from "./services/auth.interceptor";

@NgModule({
  providers: [
    {
      provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
      useClass: AuthInterceptor,
      multi: true
    }
  ]
})
export class CoreModule {}

compiler.js:19514 Uncaught Error: Provider parse errors:
Cannot instantiate cyclic dependency! InjectionToken_HTTP_INTERCEPTORS ("[ERROR ->]"): in NgModule AppModule in ./AppModule@-1:-1

import { Injector } from "@angular/core";

  constructor(private injector: Injector) { }

  intercept(request: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
    const authService = this.injector.get(AuthService);

@Injectable()
export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {

  constructor(private injector: Injector) { }

  intercept(request: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
    const authService = this.injector.get(AuthService);
    const accessToken = authService.getRawAuthToken(AuthTokenType.AccessToken);
    if (accessToken) {
      request = request.clone({
        headers: request.headers.set("Authorization", `Bearer ${accessToken}`)
      });
    }

    return next.handle(request);
  }
}

  constructor(
    private authService: AuthService,
    private httpClient: HttpClient,
    @Inject(APP_CONFIG) private appConfig: IAppConfig,
  ) { }

  callMyProtectedAdminApiController() {
    this.httpClient
      .get(`${this.appConfig.apiEndpoint}/MyProtectedAdminApi`)
      .map(response => response || {})
      .catch((error: HttpErrorResponse) => Observable.throw(error))
      .subscribe(result => {
        this.result = result;
      });
  }

  callMyProtectedApiController() {
    this.httpClient
      .get(`${this.appConfig.apiEndpoint}/MyProtectedApi`)
      .map(response => response || {})
      .catch((error: HttpErrorResponse) => Observable.throw(error))
      .subscribe(result => {
        this.result = result;
      });
  }

    return next.handle(request)
      .catch((error: any, caught: Observable<HttpEvent<any>>) => {
        if (error.status === 401 || error.status === 403) {
          this.router.navigate(["/accessDenied"]);
        }
        return Observable.throw(error);
      });

@Injectable()
export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {

  constructor(
    private injector: Injector,
    private router: Router) { }

  intercept(request: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
    const authService = this.injector.get(AuthService);
    const accessToken = authService.getRawAuthToken(AuthTokenType.AccessToken);
    if (accessToken) {
      request = request.clone({
        headers: request.headers.set("Authorization", `Bearer ${accessToken}`)
      });
      return next.handle(request)
        .catch((error: any, caught: Observable<HttpEvent<any>>) => {
          if (error.status === 401 || error.status === 403) {
            this.router.navigate(["/accessDenied"]);
          }
          return Observable.throw(error);
        });
    } else {
      // login page
      return next.handle(request);
    }
  }
}

using ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.Services;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.WebApp.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    [EnableCors("CorsPolicy")]
    [Authorize(Policy = CustomRoles.Editor)]
    public class MyProtectedEditorsApiController : Controller
    {
        public IActionResult Get()
        {
            return Ok(new
            {
                Id = 1,
                Title = "Hello from My Protected Editors Controller! [Authorize(Policy = CustomRoles.Editor)]",
                Username = this.User.Identity.Name
            });
        }
    }
}

  callMyProtectedEditorsApiController() {
    this.httpClient
      .get(`${this.appConfig.apiEndpoint}/MyProtectedEditorsApi`)
      .map(response => response || {})
      .catch((error: HttpErrorResponse) => Observable.throw(error))
      .subscribe(result => {
        this.result = result;
      });
  }

PM> Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Samples -Pre

public class EmailService : IIdentityMessageService
{
    public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        // Plug in your email service here to send an email.
        return Task.FromResult(0);
    }
}

public class SmsService : IIdentityMessageService
{
    public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        // Plug in your sms service here to send a text message.
        return Task.FromResult(0);
    }
}

public class ApplicationDbInitializer 
    : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<ApplicationDbContext> 
{
    protected override void Seed(ApplicationDbContext context) {
        InitializeIdentityForEF(context);
        base.Seed(context);
    }

    //Create User=Admin@Admin.com with password=Admin@123456 in the Admin role        
    public static void InitializeIdentityForEF(ApplicationDbContext db) 
    {
        var userManager = 
           HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().GetUserManager<ApplicationUserManager>();
        
        var roleManager = 
            HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().Get<ApplicationRoleManager>();

        const string name = "admin@admin.com";
        const string password = "Admin@123456";
        const string roleName = "Admin";

        //Create Role Admin if it does not exist
        var role = roleManager.FindByName(roleName);

        if (role == null) {
            role = new IdentityRole(roleName);
            var roleresult = roleManager.Create(role);
        }

        var user = userManager.FindByName(name);

        if (user == null) {
            user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = name, Email = name };
            var result = userManager.Create(user, password);
            result = userManager.SetLockoutEnabled(user.Id, false);
        }

        // Add user admin to Role Admin if not already added
        var rolesForUser = userManager.GetRoles(user.Id);

        if (!rolesForUser.Contains(role.Name)) {
            var result = userManager.AddToRole(user.Id, role.Name);
        }
    }
}

[HttpPost]
[AllowAnonymous]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<ActionResult> Register(RegisterViewModel model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        var user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = model.Email, Email = model.Email };
        var result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password);

        if (result.Succeeded)
        {
            var code = await UserManager.GenerateEmailConfirmationTokenAsync(user.Id);

            var callbackUrl = Url.Action(
                "ConfirmEmail", 
                "Account", 
                new { userId = user.Id, code = code }, 
                protocol: Request.Url.Scheme);

            await UserManager.SendEmailAsync(
                user.Id, 
                "Confirm your account", 
                "Please confirm your account by clicking this link: <a href=\"" 
                + callbackUrl + "\">link</a>");

            ViewBag.Link = callbackUrl;

            return View("DisplayEmail");
        }
        AddErrors(result);
    }

    // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
    return View(model);
}

public static ApplicationUserManager Create(
    IdentityFactoryOptions<ApplicationUserManager> options, 
    IOwinContext context)
{
    var manager = new ApplicationUserManager(
        new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(
            context.Get<ApplicationDbContext>()));

    // Configure validation logic for usernames
    manager.UserValidator = new UserValidator<ApplicationUser>(manager)
    {
        AllowOnlyAlphanumericUserNames = false,
        RequireUniqueEmail = true
    };

    // Configure validation logic for passwords
    manager.PasswordValidator = new PasswordValidator
    {
        RequiredLength = 6, 
        RequireNonLetterOrDigit = true,
        RequireDigit = true,
        RequireLowercase = true,
        RequireUppercase = true,
    };

    // Configure user lockout defaults
    manager.UserLockoutEnabledByDefault = true;
    manager.DefaultAccountLockoutTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
    manager.MaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout = 5;

    // Register two factor authentication providers. This application 
    // uses Phone and Emails as a step of receiving a code for verifying the user
    // You can write your own provider and plug in here.
    manager.RegisterTwoFactorProvider(
        "PhoneCode", 
        new PhoneNumberTokenProvider<ApplicationUser>
    {
        MessageFormat = "Your security code is: {0}"
    });

    manager.RegisterTwoFactorProvider(
        "EmailCode", 
        new EmailTokenProvider<ApplicationUser>
    {
        Subject = "SecurityCode",
        BodyFormat = "Your security code is {0}"
    });

    manager.EmailService = new EmailService();
    manager.SmsService = new SmsService();

    var dataProtectionProvider = options.DataProtectionProvider;

    if (dataProtectionProvider != null)
    {
        manager.UserTokenProvider = 
            new DataProtectorTokenProvider<ApplicationUser>(
                dataProtectionProvider.Create("ASP.NET Identity"));
    }

    return manager;
}

manager.EmailService = new EmailService();
manager.SmsService = new SmsService();

// Register two factor authentication providers. This application 
// uses Phone and Emails as a step of receiving a code for verifying the user
// You can write your own provider and plug in here.
manager.RegisterTwoFactorProvider(
    "PhoneCode", 
    new PhoneNumberTokenProvider<ApplicationUser>
{
    MessageFormat = "Your security code is: {0}"
});

manager.RegisterTwoFactorProvider(
    "EmailCode", 
    new EmailTokenProvider<ApplicationUser>
    {
        Subject = "SecurityCode",
        BodyFormat = "Your security code is {0}"
    });

public class EmailService : IIdentityMessageService
{
    public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        // Credentials:
        var credentialUserName = "yourAccount@outlook.com";
        var sentFrom = "yourAccount@outlook.com";
        var pwd = "yourApssword";

        // Configure the client:
        System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient client = 
            new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp-mail.outlook.com");

        client.Port = 587;
        client.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
        client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;

        // Creatte the credentials:
        System.Net.NetworkCredential credentials = 
            new System.Net.NetworkCredential(credentialUserName, pwd);

        client.EnableSsl = true;
        client.Credentials = credentials;

        // Create the message:
        var mail = 
            new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage(sentFrom, message.Destination);

        mail.Subject = message.Subject;
        mail.Body = message.Body;

        // Send:
        return client.SendMailAsync(mail);
    }
}

public class EmailService : IIdentityMessageService
{
    public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        // Credentials:
        var sendGridUserName = "yourSendGridUserName";
        var sentFrom = "whateverEmailAdressYouWant";
        var sendGridPassword = "YourSendGridPassword";

        // Configure the client:
        var client = 
            new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.sendgrid.net", Convert.ToInt32(587));

        client.Port = 587;
        client.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
        client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;

        // Creatte the credentials:
        System.Net.NetworkCredential credentials = 
            new System.Net.NetworkCredential(credentialUserName, pwd);

        client.EnableSsl = true;
        client.Credentials = credentials;

        // Create the message:
        var mail = 
            new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage(sentFrom, message.Destination);

        mail.Subject = message.Subject;
        mail.Body = message.Body;

        // Send:
        return client.SendMailAsync(mail);
    }
}

PM> Install-Package Twilio

public class SmsService : IIdentityMessageService
{
    public Task SendAsync(IdentityMessage message)
    {
        string AccountSid = "YourTwilioAccountSID";
        string AuthToken = "YourTwilioAuthToken";
        string twilioPhoneNumber = "YourTwilioPhoneNumber";

        var twilio = new TwilioRestClient(AccountSid, AuthToken);

        twilio.SendSmsMessage(twilioPhoneNumber, message.Destination, message.Body); 

        // Twilio does not return an async Task, so we need this:
        return Task.FromResult(0);
    }
}

if (result.Succeeded)
{
    var code = await UserManager.GenerateEmailConfirmationTokenAsync(user.Id);
    var callbackUrl = 
        Url.Action("ConfirmEmail", "Account", 
            new { userId = user.Id, code = code }, protocol: Request.Url.Scheme);

    await UserManager.SendEmailAsync(user.Id, "Confirm your account", 
        "Please confirm your account by clicking this link: <a href=\"" + callbackUrl + "\">link</a>");

    // This should not be deployed in production:
    ViewBag.Link = callbackUrl;

    return View("DisplayEmail");
}

AddErrors(result);

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "DEMO purpose Email Link";
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title.</h2>

<p class="text-info">
    Please check your email and confirm your email address.
</p>

<p class="text-danger">
    For DEMO only: You can click this link to confirm the email: <a href="@ViewBag.Link">link</a>
    Please change this code to register an email service in IdentityConfig to send an email.
</p>

[AllowAnonymous]
public async Task<ActionResult> VerifyCode(string provider, string returnUrl)
{
    // Require that the user has already logged in via username/password or external login
    if (!await SignInHelper.HasBeenVerified())
    {
        return View("Error");
    }

    var user = 
        await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(await SignInHelper.GetVerifiedUserIdAsync());

    if (user != null)
    {
        ViewBag.Status = 
            "For DEMO purposes the current " 
            + provider 
            + " code is: " 
            + await UserManager.GenerateTwoFactorTokenAsync(user.Id, provider);
    }

    return View(new VerifyCodeViewModel { Provider = provider, ReturnUrl = returnUrl });
}

@model IdentitySample.Models.VerifyCodeViewModel

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Enter Verification Code";
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title.</h2>

@using (Html.BeginForm("VerifyCode", "Account", new { ReturnUrl = Model.ReturnUrl }, FormMethod.Post, new { @class = "form-horizontal", role = "form" })) {
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    @Html.ValidationSummary("", new { @class = "text-danger" })
    @Html.Hidden("provider", @Model.Provider)
    <h4>@ViewBag.Status</h4>
    <hr />

    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Code, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Code, new { @class = "form-control" })
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
        <div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
            <div class="checkbox">
                @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.RememberBrowser)
                @Html.LabelFor(m => m.RememberBrowser)
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
        <div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
            <input type="submit" class="btn btn-default" value="Submit" />
        </div>
    </div>
}

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When coupled with application monitoring and other performance tools, such as a profiler, ASP.NET becomes a powerful solution for building incredible apps.

Within the framework itself, there are myriad features to help you overcome common development challenges, do more with your apps, and boost performance.