Using QueueBackgroundWorkItem to Schedule Background Jobs from an ASP.NET Application in .NET 4.5.2 May 7, 2014Starting with the recently released version 4.5.2 of the .NET Framework, ASP.NET now supports the HostingEnvironment.QueueBackgroundWorkItem method found in the System.Web.Hosting namespace. I want to quickly show you how you can use it to schedule background work items in an ASP.NET MVC