In previous blog session “Run continuous or triggered background task with WebJobs in Azure (part 1)” we’ve talked about a WebJobs in general and we have shown an example of a Continuous running WebJobs by using Timer function. We have also mentioned that we could use a WebJobs for Queue processing or File maintenance operations.

Let’s think for a minute about how we run background task on on-premise systems. Two things that certainly came to your mind are SQL Jobs and Windows Services. Unfortunately, if you think about the Azure as a “Platform as a Service” then I have a bad news for you because SQL Jobs and Windows Services aren’t supported under this setup.