Are Webjobs depricated?

Question

I am planning to add a few timer jobs to my aspnet core Web API project.

Azure Webjobs fit well for my need. I can add a console application to my project, configure it as webjob and publish it to an Azure App Services instance along with my WebAPI.

Before I proceed with this design, I need to know if Web Jobs are officially deprecated or discouraged by Microsoft?

Thank you,

Answer 1

Hi @AM Dev-Test

I don't see anything about Microsoft retiring WebJobs any time soon from their documentation. From what you have told us, you already have an Azure App Service plan, which is a good start.

I think the reason why you are asking yourself this question is because you might have seen the term Azure Functions used. Perhaps you want to investigate this route as it is much more feature rich and is serverless -- which could significantly lower your costs.

Learn more about Azure Functions:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-overview

Timer trigger for Azure Functions:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-timer?tabs=in-process&pivots=programming-language-csharp

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