azure-webjobs-sdk-extensions vs triggered Webjob

2
votes

Azure offers the posability to create a "Triggered" WebJob which e.g. schedules every day. Add Triggered WebJob

Furthermore, there is the azure-webjobs-sdk-extensions(https://github.com/Azure/azure-webjobs-sdk-extensions) which offers the possibility to create a TimerTrigger: 

public static void TimerJob([TimerTrigger("00:00:30")] TimerInfo timer)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Timer job fired!");
}

Both things do exactly the same? Why is this in the SDK, the azure solution doesn't need a continous running job and thus is more efficient.

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For more information docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service-web/… – Harald
Any updates? Have you solved your issue? – Bruce Chen
It's not really an issue, I just want to know why there are different ways for the same thing. – Harald

1 Answers

6
votes

[TimerTrigger] allows you to schedule an individual function within a Continuous WebJob. You can then have multiple functions within the WebJob with different schedules.

CRON expressions and Azure Scheduler will always run an entire WebJob.