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title: "Sessions Event Category | Microsoft Docs"
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# Sessions Event Category
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  The **Sessions** event category contains the **ExistingConnection** event class.  
  
## In This Section  
  
|Topic|Description|  
|-----------|-----------------|  
|[ExistingConnection Event Class](../../relational-databases/event-classes/existingconnection-event-class.md)|Indicates properties of existing user connections when the trace was started.|