Windows Scheduler max tasks limitation?
Hello,I can't seem to find documentation anywhere saying if there is a limit on the number of scheduled tasks in either Windows Server 2003 or 2008. Does anyone know if there is a hard limit? The only forum post I found (not on technet) mentioned editing the registry to remove a cap of around 1400, but no details.Thanks,Adam
October 29th, 2009 12:04am
Hi Adam,
Based on my research, there is no hardcore limit in the number of tasks that can scheduled and it depends on the desktop heap. When we use a scheduled task, it is running under a non-interactive session(desktop). The value specified under KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SubSystems\Windows - shared session, This value defines the desktop heap size for non-interactive desktops (e.g. services). By changing this value we are tuning the server for a better performance. This has to be given a high value when we use multiple tasks running under the scheduled task.
Regards,
Bruce
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October 29th, 2009 1:23pm


