The OOB templates of asp.net identity models and owin security setup are great, but sometimes we don't need all the complex functionality presented there and instead just want simplistic user identity validation. The post below gives a overview of how this could be achieved
https://weblogs.asp.net/imranbaloch/a-simple-implementation-of-microsoft-aspnet-identity
https://weblogs.asp.net/imranbaloch/a-simple-implementation-of-microsoft-aspnet-identity
