10.3
  1. Deploying with Sitecore on Azure

The default private session state provider in Sitecore Azure

Azure Redis cache is the default private session provider that Sitecore Azure uses. In Sitecore 10.1 and higher, asynchronous session state provider is configured by default:

<add name="redis" type="Sitecore.SessionProvider.Redis.RedisSessionStateProviderAsync, Sitecore.SessionProvider.Redis" ... />

and

<system.webServer><modules><add name="Session" type="Microsoft.AspNet.SessionState.SessionStateModuleAsync, Microsoft.AspNet.SessionState.SessionStateModule" /></modules></system.webServer>
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