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# Sessions

These topics cover concepts and implementation procedures to manage sessions in your AM environment.

This information is written for administrators configuring AM's authentication and authorization components.

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#### [Introduction to sessions](about-sessions.html)

Learn about the different types of sessions in AM.

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#### [Session upgrade](session-upgrade.html)

Discover how AM performs step-up authentication.

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#### [Compare sessions](session-state-use-cases.html)

Decide where sessions should be stored in each realm.

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#### [The session cookie](session-state-cookies.html)

Learn about the session cookie, and why you must secure it.