Windows Service

Easy Windows Service debugging

Long-running processes in a web application running on IIS is a bad idea. The reason for that is that IIS might unload the AppPool that is running your process due to inactivity. Inactivity? Yep, if IIS does not recieve a requests for a while, it will shut the site down to conserve system resources. (This is all configurable ofcourse, but I’ve seen it happen)

To allow for long-running stuff, a Windows Service might be a right fit. Here is what the default startup code for a Windows service looks like: