Worker Services in .NET
There are six sample source code projects in this collection of samples. The samples are written in C# and the content of the related docs is covered in Worker Services in .NET articles. In addition to an overview, there are in-depth articles discussing queue service implementations, BackgroundService
scenarios, custom IHostedService
implementations, Windows Services interop with the BackgroundService
, and even deploying a worker to Azure.
Sample prerequisites
The samples are written in C# and target .NET 7. They require the .NET 7.0 SDK or later.
Building the sample
To download and run the sample, follow these steps:
- Download and unzip the sample.
- In Visual Studio (2022 or later):
- On the menu bar, choose File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Navigate to the folder that holds the unzipped sample code, and open the C# project (.csproj) file.
- Choose the F5 key to run with debugging, or Ctrl+F5 keys to run the project without debugging.
- From the command line:
- Navigate to the folder that holds the unzipped sample code.
- At the command line, type
dotnet run
.