With most releases, the following areas received the most focus : One ASP.NET - All previous ASP.NET projects integrate seamlessly with the new One ASP.NET experience. You can customize your project and configure authentication using the One ASP.NET project creation wizard. It allows you to easily mix and match .NET technologies within a single application (Web Forms, MVC, Web API etc.). ASP.NET Identity - The project templates have been updated to use ASP.NET Identity for authentication and identity management. A tutorial featuring Facebook and Google authentication and the new membership API can be found at Create an ASP.NET MVC 5 App with Facebook and Google OAuth2 and OpenID Sign-on . Bootstrap Integration - The project templates has been updated to use Bootstrap to provide a sleek and responsive look and feel that you can easily customize. For more information, see Bootstrap in the Visual Studio 2013 web project templates. Peek Definition - Basically a very quick and ea