Windows Task Scheduler vs Cron

Key Features

• GUI and schtasks.exe
• XML task definitions
• Triggers and actions
• No direct cron support

Example Configuration

# Create a daily task at 2 AM
schtasks /create /tn "MyTask" /tr "C:\scripts\backup.bat" /sc daily /st 02:00

# Create task running every 5 minutes
schtasks /create /tn "MyTask" /tr "C:\scripts\check.bat" /sc minute /mo 5

Official Documentation

Windows Task Scheduler Scheduling Documentation →

Monitoring Windows Task Scheduler Jobs

Add heartbeat monitoring to your Windows Task Scheduler jobs. Just add a ping at the end of your job:

curl -fsS https://cronsignal.io/ping/YOUR_CHECK_ID