title: multiple chat rooms SignalR ASP.NET MVC5
body: <p>I've been doing a lot of reading, and everything seems either outdated or a little shy of enough for me.
  So I've created a chat application based on <a href="http://www.asp.net/signalr/overview/getting-started/tutorial-getting-started-with-signalr-and-mvc" rel="nofollow">this tutorial</a>.</p>
  
  <p>While I have something a little more advanced than that, for ease of use let's assume that's all that I have. How would you go from that to having multiple chat rooms and user authentication?</p>
  
  <p>I've read some about groups, and I know asp.net has built in authentication, but I'm not sure what the best way to implement this is.</p>
  
  <p>Right now I basically just parse their message on the client side and send it to the server to be posted on the screen of all the users. I also would like some persistent messaging, so if they get disconnected and reconnect they can still see the data, like sessions I guess.</p>
  
  <p>I don't expect anyone to write my application, just some guidance would be appreciated!</p>