Background services are ideal for many scenarios, especially if your users are willing to wait for results. This post explores the .NET hosting model and the BackgroundService class, which is a base class for implementing long-running processes and implements the IHostedService interface. You will learn how to implement a BackgroundService and register it with an IHost instance, allowing you to use services such as dependency injection, logging, and configuration. The post also discusses some community work that uses the .NET hosting infrastructure to provide helpful enhancements.
