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# Scheduling Messages

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## Overview

This page will cover how to schedule messages for future or periodic execution in your Talon microservice.

## Topics to be Covered

* Scheduling one-time future messages
* Scheduling recurring/periodic messages
* Canceling scheduled messages
* Best practices for scheduled message patterns

## Related Topics

* [Injecting Messages](/talon/developing-applications/authoring-user-code/message-injection/injecting-messages.md) - Programmatic message injection
* [Initializing the Microservice](/talon/developing-applications/authoring-user-code/lifecycle/initializing-the-microservice.md) - First and initial messages