Question

How does azure manage asp.net style session management.
for eg in general asp.net applications when multiple users are hitting the applcations.
username is stored in session which is available to each user.
How can this be managed with windows azure for sites on multiple instances with form authentication.
App fabric caching is alternative but then when multiple users hit the site then how is cache key shared?

Answer 1

It’s not that different to session management on multiple instances outside Azure. You can’t use in-memory session state obviously, but other than that, you’ve plenty of options. You could use the SQL store provider for instance, or use one for Azure tables.

Better still, try and engineer out the use of session state altogether wherever possible.