title: Simple Login with ASP.Net MVC5
body: <p>I have been trying to get my head around OWIN and Identity to get it play well with my Existing app. The application was coded in Plain ASP.Net and I want to port it to MVC to organize it better. The app have established database including Users table so using Identity table is not option. The wall I hit with Identity is that it requires Email and my system is NOT supposed to demand user email. After trying almost everything (days reading almost every answer on the subject) I have come to conclusion that it will take more time to get it done, and that brings me to my question.</p>
  
  <p>Being PHP guy (jumped to ASP.Net not long ago) I could easily make a working login in 10minutes and now I need a thing like it, something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>$user = User::findByUserName($username); //somehow here I find user from database
  if($user!=null)
  {
      $_SESSION['isLoggedIn'] = true;
      $_SESSION['fullname'] = $user-&gt;fullName;
  }
  else
  {
      //redirect to login with error
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I cannot find a session class in MVC5. Is that even possible? If no, is there a simple route to solve my issue?</p>