Persisting User State

There are a variety of ways you can persist user state in your ASP.NET applications. The on-line MSDN article Nine Options for Managing Persistent User State in Your ASP.NET Application is a great resource for helping you decide which method is best in a given scenario.

One of the most interesting user state options is the Cache object. It allows you to store data that is specific to a single user, a group of users, or all users. Data can expire based on time or other dependencies and you can store both large and small amounts of data.