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title: "What are the different types of Session state management options available with ASP.NET?"  
description: "What are the different types of Session state management options available with ASP.NET?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2013-12-17  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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# What are the different types of Session state management options available with ASP.NET?

ASP.NET provides In-Process and Out-of-Process state management. In-Process stores the session in memory on the web server. Out-of-Process Session state management stores data in an external data source. The external data source may be either a SQL Server or a State Server service. Out-of-Process state management requires that all objects stored in session are serializable.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

ASP.NET provides In-Process and Out-of-Process state management. In-Process stores the session in memory on the web server. Out-of-Process Session state management stores data in an external data source. The external data source may be either a SQL Server or a State Server service. Out-of-Process state management requires that all objects stored in session are serializable.


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