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type: docs
title: "State management"
linkTitle: "State management"
weight: 40
description: Create long running stateful services
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 Learn more about how to use Dapr State Management:
 - Try the [State Management quickstart]({{< ref statemanagement-quickstart.md >}}).
 - Explore state management via any of the supporting [Dapr SDKs]({{< ref sdks >}}). 
 - Review the [State Management API reference documentation]({{< ref state_api.md >}}).
 - Browse the supported [state management component specs]({{< ref supported-state-stores >}}).
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