Need job scheduler in asp.net

Question

We have a website where we need a scheduler to receive notifications (e-mail) on specific time. eg. a person setting reminder at 5 PM to attend the meeting at 4:45 PM, will rece

Answer 1

With ASP.NET you are not guaranteed that your app is alive at all times, and thus web applications as a host process for a scheduling solution is not feasible IMO.

A Windows service is what you need for this scenario. You have full control on starting and stopping the process as well as ways of monitoring the application.

Are you able to host such a service on a different machine? Even if the web application is running on a hosted server doesn't mean you have to run the scheduler on the same server.