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title: "How-To: Set up a scheduler"
linkTitle: "How-To: Set up a scheduler"
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description: "Learn how to use the scheduler API to schedule jobs"
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Now that you've learned what the [Dapr scheduler building block]({{< ref scheduler-overview.md >}}) provides, learn how it can work in your environment. The below code example loosely describes an application that schedules and orchestrates an application.

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## Configure the scheduler


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## Next steps

- [Learn more about the Scheduler control plane service]({{< ref "concepts/dapr-services/scheduler.md" >}})
- [Scheduler API reference]({{< ref scheduler_api.md >}})