Should it be a Windows Service?

[Jake]

I have to run a scheduled task once a year. Should I build a Windows
Service to do this? So basically the service would always be running and a
timer would poll every minute to determine to execute the task?

I'm looking for the best practices approach.

My application is a distributed C# WinForms application using Remoting. The
schedule task would only run on the Application Server. It would call a
method within the business logic.

Thanks,
Jake

[John Timney \(ASP.NET MVP\)]

its a bit overkill to run this as a service. Why not just create it as a
console app and use the windows scheduler to execute it, you could even
provide the credentials to run it from.

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Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Jake" <pl**********@nospamplease1.com> wrote in message
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I have to run a scheduled task once a year. Should I build a Windows
Service to do this? So basically the service would always be running and a timer would poll every minute to determine to execute the task?

I'm looking for the best practices approach.

My application is a distributed C# WinForms application using Remoting. The schedule task would only run on the Application Server. It would call a
method within the business logic.

Thanks,
Jake