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For more information about the session element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: ASP Session <session>.
Specifies Active Server Pages (ASP) session state settings.
Syntax
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
allowSessionState |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether session state persistence for an ASP application is enabled. The default value is true. |
keepSessionIdSecure |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether a session ID is sent as a secure cookie if assigned over a secure session channel. The default value is true. |
Max |
Optional integer attribute. Specifies the maximum number of concurrent sessions. The default value is -1. |
timeout |
Optional timespan attribute. Specifies the maximum period of time (hh:mm:ss) that a session object is maintained after the last request associated with the object is made. The default value is 00:20:00. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
configuration |
Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7. |
system.webServer |
Specifies the top-level section group (in ApplicationHost.config) in which this element is defined. |
asp |
Configures settings for ASP applications. |
Remarks
For more information about the session element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: ASP Session <session>.
Element Information
Configuration locations |
Machine.config ApplicationHost.config Root application Web.config Application Web.config Directory Web.config |
Requirements |
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0 |
See Also
Reference
cache Element for asp [IIS Settings Schema]