session Element for asp [IIS Settings Schema]

Note

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]

limits Element for asp [IIS Settings Schema]

comPlus Element for asp [IIS Settings Schema]