title: Session State (Server-side)
body: <p>Ok I'm sure this is pretty obvious.  But when you say session state is persisted on the "server" in memory, are we talking about IIS or what?  When I think of Server-side session State, I think memory in terms of IIS app pools and such.  Am I off base or missing anything here?  </p>
  
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  <p>the term "server" could mean many things.  Sure it's "server-side" but what specific process / memory / area / app on the server are we talking about (IIS only?  other?)</p>
  
  <p>I wish MS would have explained what they mean because that's pretty relative.</p>
  
  <p>Specifically this, "store on server"</p>
  
  <pre><code>Storing Data on the Server (in memory)
  
  • Session state
  • Application state
  • Profile Properties
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>so "on the server" where in memory and what process/app is handling each of these?</p>