Using .NET 4.0 Task in ASP.NET

Question

Are there any caveats or short comings to using the new Task API in System.Threading.Task in ASP.NET hosted under IIS?

I know prior to .NET 4.0 working with any of the ThreadPool actions inside of IIS was always recommended to be avoided.

Answer 1

Any caveats to using ThreadPool with IIS would still be valid using System.Threading.Task, as the Task API is just an additional layer of abstraction over System.Threading.

For long-running tasks in the background, I use a ThreadPool inside a Windows Service. This keeps it outside of IIS.