A Job Scheduler Framework for SQL Server Express Edition

(Danilo Corallo) For my last project, I've been using the latest free version of SQL Server, called SQL Server Express Edition and available here. I immediately noticed that the database scheduler was removed since the previous version. I found really interesting creating my own SQL Agent. In this article I'll show you how to create a generic scheduler that runs on a Windows Service. The scheduler will be able to accept pluggable actions that we can develop lately implementing a custom interface.