Programming Windows® Services with Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2008

Summary

• Determine whether you need to schedule the actions of your service, either through timing or monitored reactions.

• Service developers should be careful not to use too many resources on the server running the service by constantly running the service or monitoring it. If a service polls too often, it can cause heavy server resource usage, especially on the CPU.

• You have several choices for implementing how and when a service acts. In many cases, using multiple threads, events, or waits can help alleviate both CPU usage and wasted effort on the server running the service.

• There is no one way to use a data store to send or receive configuration data. Microsoft provides you with flexibility in the way you design and deploy your solutions and your ...