title: How to use SimpleMembership in MVC without Entity Framework
body: <p>What are the required steps to use SimpleMembership (ASP.NET MVC 4) with RavenDB (or other databases) instead of SQL Server?</p>
  
  <p>I am used to override the MembershipProvider but how does it work with the new SimpleMembership?</p>
  
  <p>I saw there is a SimpleMembershipProvider so I think I should override it, but I don't know if the methods are for storing data purpose only or if they should contain business/validation logic)... </p>
  
  <p>What about configuration? I know the InitializeDatabaseConnection method is normally responsible for initializing the whole shebang, but I don't think I should call it if I don't use Entity Framework.</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, I did not find a lot of resources about the new SimpleMembership except two links which have not been very useful:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://igambin.blogspot.ca/2012/08/simplemembershipprovider-huh.html" rel="noreferrer">http://igambin.blogspot.ca/2012/08/simplemembershipprovider-huh.html</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://blog.osbornm.com/archive/2010/07/21/using-simplemembership-with-asp.net-webpages.aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://blog.osbornm.com/archive/2010/07/21/using-simplemembership-with-asp.net-webpages.aspx</a></p>