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A timer job runs in a specific Windows service for SharePoint Server 2019. Timer jobs perform infrastructure tasks for the Timer service, such as clearing the timer job history and recycling the Timer service. Timer jobs also perform tasks for web applications, such as sending email alerts.
Open SharePoint 2016 Central Administration -> Monitoring -> Then under Timer Jobs click on “Review job definitions”. This page will display all the default timer jobs in SharePoint.
How do you debug a timer job?
How to debug a SharePoint timer job with Visual Studio
- Deploy your solution containing your timer job to SharePoint by clicking Build and then Deploy Solution.
- Open the Control Panel.
- Select the service named SharePoint 2010 Timer and ensures that it’s running.
How to create a timer job in SharePoint 2013?
Add a new class to the project and provide the name ( TimerJobDemo.cs). To do this, right-click on the project name in Solution Explorer, select Add -> New Item. Under the C# category select the Code tab, select Class and provide the class name. TimerJobApplication -> Add -> New Item -> Class.
However now we have the option to create pure cloud solutions for SharePoint Online Timer Jobs and Event Receiver using Azure Function and SharePoint Webhooks. Azure Functions are constantly evolving and SharePoint Webhooks reached General Availability on January 2017. What are we going to do?
The Azure function timer job will get the SharePoint Online List items items that has reached the SLA (checks if the SLA date is today) and will send the mail to the concerned Service User. Video Demo of Azure Function in Action:
Can a SharePoint timer be used as an event receiver?
Similarly, Event Receiver solutions that inherited SPEventReceiver class responded to events that happened within SharePoint Server. However, in case of SharePoint Online Native Timer Jobs and Event Receivers cannot be used.