Updated: July 15, 2020 (October 5, 2015)
Charts & IllustrationsAzure Job Scheduling Solutions
Several solutions are available to trigger and schedule job executions using a centralized service running in Azure data centers. Differences include whether the job is triggered and run outside of the job service or run within the service, the types of code that can be used to implement jobs, scalability, and pricing. Third parties such as Aditi offer job scheduling services, and developers often implement custom scheduling agents.
| Solution | Associated With | Description |
| Azure Scheduler | Independent service | Invokes HTTP/S endpoints and sends task requests to Azure Storage Queues. |
| Azure WebJobs | Azure App Service | Runs background processing tasks required by applications running on Azure App Service without delaying incoming site traffic. Supported script types include .EXE, PowerShell, PHP, and Node.js. (Uses Azure Scheduler in its implementation.) |
| Azure Mobile Services Scheduler | Azure Mobile Services (Azure Mobile Apps uses WebJobs) |
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