Very interesting: Unleash Your Site's Potential with Web Parts and Personalization in ASP.NET 2.0

This article discusses:

Easy portal development in ASP.NET 2.0 Quick customization techniques Creating Web Parts Personalization and other data stores Credentials and personalization

https://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/06/ASPNET20Portals/default.aspx