Azure WebJobs are a part of Azure App Service, and run in the same compute “container” as your Web App, at no additional cost. WebJobs are intended to run background tasks for your Azure Web, API, or Mobile apps without the need to provision infrastructure.
The WebJobs SDK provides built-in integrations with commonly used services such as Azure Storage or Azure Service Bus, and it is extensible. WebJobs can be deployed to an Azure Web App without an actual Web frontend. With this approach, WebJobs can be used to run any scheduled or continuously executing background jobs.
WebJobs can run programs (.exe, .cmd, .jar, and more) or scripts (.ps1, .sh, .js, and more). A typical job is implemented as a console application or a script.
WebJobs can be triggered in the following three ways:
- On-demand: This type of job can be triggered from the Azure Portal...
