Azure Webjobs Vs Azure Functions : How To Choose
Answer : There are a couple options here within App Service. I won't touch on Logic Apps or Azure Automation, which also touch this space. Azure WebJobs This article is honestly the best explanation, but I'll summarize here. On Demand WebJobs aka. Scheduled WebJobs aka. Triggered WebJobs Triggered WebJobs are WebJobs which are run once when a URL is called or when the schedule property is present in schedule.job. Scheduled WebJobs are just WebJobs which have had an Azure Scheduler Job created to call our URL on a schedule, but we also support the schedule property, as mentioned previously. Summary: + Executable/Script on demand + Scheduled executions - Have to trigger via .scm endpoint - Scaling is manual - VM is always required Continuous WebJobs (non SDK) These jobs run forever and we will wake them up when they crash. You need to enable Always On for these to work, which means running them in Basic tier and above. Summary: + Executable/Scr...