Will an out of proc session survive a windows azure VIP swap?

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If I'm hosting a site in windows azure with an out of proc session provider and perform a VIP swap, will the session persist through the VIP swap since the session is being provided out of process?

I will come back and answer the question after I perform a test but I'm pretty sure someone will have the answer here asap and azure deployments take a while.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 16 '11 at 09:40

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I see no reason why it shouldn't work.

It should be no different than hitting different instances that are part of the same deploy.

edited Dec 16 '11 at 09:40

Matt Warren

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answered Dec 16 '11 at 02:28

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 16 '11 at 23:54

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If you use the Azure Cache for your session, it should not. The browser is using the same domain, so the same cookie would be sent, and a VIP swap does not affect the cache server.

If you are not using Azure Cache for session I recommend it, they even have a NuGet package.

answered Dec 16 '11 at 23:54

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We are using the azure cache and its been great so far. I didn't know they had a nuget package for it yet, cool! – Allen Rice Dec 19 '11 at 16:27
Yes, the newest release was on Dec 7 after sdk 1.6. You might have to dig through nuget to find it, but it's there. – danludwig Dec 19 '11 at 18:30
Nice, yeah we're using 1.6. We'll have to start using nuget as of the next version, thanks! – Allen Rice Dec 19 '11 at 20:32

Will an out of proc session survive a windows azure VIP swap?

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