diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AbpAutoMapperModule.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AbpAutoMapperModule.cs
index e92717ead2..7eb61603b2 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AbpAutoMapperModule.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AbpAutoMapperModule.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.AutoMapper
             context.Services.AddSingleton<MapperAccessor>(_ => mapperAccessor);
         }
 
-        public override void OnApplicationInitialization(ApplicationInitializationContext context)
+        public override void OnPreApplicationInitialization(ApplicationInitializationContext context)
         {
             CreateMappings(context.ServiceProvider);
         }
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AutoMapperObjectMapper.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AutoMapperObjectMapper.cs
index 6a38f0b3aa..73fad64113 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AutoMapperObjectMapper.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/AutoMapperObjectMapper.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using AutoMapper;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Volo.Abp.DependencyInjection;
 using Volo.Abp.ObjectMapping;
@@ -9,22 +8,22 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.AutoMapper
     [Dependency(ServiceLifetime.Transient, ReplaceServices = true)]
     public class AutoMapperObjectMapper : DefaultObjectMapper
     {
-        private readonly IMapper _mapper;
+        protected IMapperAccessor MapperAccessor { get; }
 
-        public AutoMapperObjectMapper(IMapperAccessor mapper, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+        public AutoMapperObjectMapper(IMapperAccessor mapperAccessor, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
             : base(serviceProvider)
         {
-            _mapper = mapper.Mapper;
+            MapperAccessor = mapperAccessor;
         }
 
         protected override TDestination AutoMap<TSource, TDestination>(object source)
         {
-            return _mapper.Map<TDestination>(source);
+            return MapperAccessor.Mapper.Map<TDestination>(source);
         }
 
         protected override TDestination AutoMap<TSource, TDestination>(TSource source, TDestination destination)
         {
-            return _mapper.Map(source, destination);
+            return MapperAccessor.Mapper.Map(source, destination);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/MapperAccessor.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/MapperAccessor.cs
index a4be4facb4..3f8d944a3e 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/MapperAccessor.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.AutoMapper/Volo/Abp/AutoMapper/MapperAccessor.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using AutoMapper;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.AutoMapper
 {
-    public class MapperAccessor : IMapperAccessor
+    internal class MapperAccessor : IMapperAccessor
     {
         public IMapper Mapper { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobInfo.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobInfo.cs
index 49735e83e0..08cbea12e5 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobInfo.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobInfo.cs
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs
         public virtual string JobName { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Job arguments as JSON string.
+        /// Job arguments as serialized to string.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual string JobArgs { get; set; } //TODO: Consider to conver to byte[]
+        public virtual string JobArgs { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Try count of this job.
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobOptions.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobOptions.cs
index ad40c0428b..5cf3e622a0 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobOptions.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobOptions.cs
@@ -3,16 +3,31 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs
 {
+    //TODO: Move options related to default backgroundjob manager to another class
+    //TODO: Create Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.Abstractions package and move abstractions there!
+
     public class BackgroundJobOptions
     {
-        //TODO: Consider to automatically register jobs
         public Dictionary<string, Type> JobTypes { get; }
 
-        public bool IsJobExecutionEnabled { get; set; }
-        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default: true.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsJobExecutionEnabled { get; set; } = true;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Interval between polling jobs from <see cref="IBackgroundJobStore"/>.
+        /// Default value: 5000 (5 seconds).
+        /// </summary>
+        public int JobPollPeriod { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Maximum count of jobs to fetch from data store in one loop.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int MaxJobFetchCount { get; set; } = 1000;
+
         public BackgroundJobOptions()
         {
-            IsJobExecutionEnabled = true;
             JobTypes = new Dictionary<string, Type>();
         }
 
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobWorker.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobWorker.cs
index 126d48ee42..d8f2ad7367 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobWorker.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs/Volo/Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobWorker.cs
@@ -1,47 +1,35 @@
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers;
 using Volo.Abp.DependencyInjection;
-using Volo.Abp.Guids;
 using Volo.Abp.Threading;
-using Volo.Abp.Timing;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs
 {
     public class BackgroundJobWorker : PeriodicBackgroundWorkerBase, IBackgroundJobWorker, ISingletonDependency
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Interval between polling jobs from <see cref="IBackgroundJobStore"/>.
-        /// Default value: 5000 (5 seconds).
-        /// </summary>
-        public static int JobPollPeriod { get; set; } //TODO: Move to options
-
         protected IBackgroundJobExecuter JobExecuter { get; }
         protected IBackgroundJobStore Store { get; }
-
-        static BackgroundJobWorker()
-        {
-            JobPollPeriod = 5000;
-        }
-
+        protected BackgroundJobOptions Options { get; }
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BackgroundJobManager"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         public BackgroundJobWorker(
             IBackgroundJobStore store,
             AbpTimer timer,
-            IBackgroundJobExecuter jobExecuter)
+            IBackgroundJobExecuter jobExecuter,
+            IOptions<BackgroundJobOptions> options)
             : base(timer)
         {
             JobExecuter = jobExecuter;
             Store = store;
-
-            Timer.Period = JobPollPeriod;
+            Options = options.Value;
+            Timer.Period = Options.JobPollPeriod;
         }
 
         protected override void DoWork()
         {
-            var waitingJobs = AsyncHelper.RunSync(() => Store.GetWaitingJobsAsync(1000));
+            var waitingJobs = AsyncHelper.RunSync(() => Store.GetWaitingJobsAsync(Options.MaxJobFetchCount));
 
             foreach (var job in waitingJobs)
             {
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerManager.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerManager.cs
index 6c5f890f12..474db34ab7 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerManager.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerManager.cs
@@ -10,40 +10,40 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers
     /// </summary>
     public class BackgroundWorkerManager : RunnableBase, IBackgroundWorkerManager, ISingletonDependency, IDisposable
     {
-        private readonly List<IBackgroundWorker> _backgroundJobs;
+        private readonly List<IBackgroundWorker> _backgroundWorkers;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BackgroundWorkerManager"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         public BackgroundWorkerManager()
         {
-            _backgroundJobs = new List<IBackgroundWorker>();
+            _backgroundWorkers = new List<IBackgroundWorker>();
         }
 
         public override void Start()
         {
             base.Start();
 
-            _backgroundJobs.ForEach(job => job.Start());
+            _backgroundWorkers.ForEach(worker => worker.Start());
         }
 
         public override void Stop()
         {
-            _backgroundJobs.ForEach(job => job.Stop());
+            _backgroundWorkers.ForEach(worker => worker.Stop());
 
             base.Stop();
         }
 
         public override void WaitToStop()
         {
-            _backgroundJobs.ForEach(job => job.WaitToStop());
+            _backgroundWorkers.ForEach(worker => worker.WaitToStop());
 
             base.WaitToStop();
         }
 
         public void Add(IBackgroundWorker worker)
         {
-            _backgroundJobs.Add(worker);
+            _backgroundWorkers.Add(worker);
 
             if (IsRunning)
             {
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerOptions.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerOptions.cs
index 991e378911..6b368f657a 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerOptions.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundWorkers/Volo/Abp/BackgroundWorkers/BackgroundWorkerOptions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 {
     public class BackgroundWorkerOptions
     {
-        public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default: true.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsEnabled { get; set; } = true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/DemoAppModule.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/DemoAppModule.cs
index 0edf72a607..3dfc61f607 100644
--- a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/DemoAppModule.cs
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/DemoAppModule.cs
@@ -1,19 +1,83 @@
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System.IO;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Volo.Abp.Autofac;
 using Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Volo.Abp.Data;
+using Volo.Abp.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Volo.Abp.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer;
 using Volo.Abp.Modularity;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp
 {
     [DependsOn(
         typeof(BackgroundJobsEntityFrameworkCoreModule),
-        typeof(AbpAutofacModule)
+        typeof(AbpAutofacModule),
+        typeof(AbpEntityFrameworkCoreSqlServerModule)
         )]
     public class DemoAppModule : AbpModule
     {
         public override void ConfigureServices(ServiceConfigurationContext context)
         {
+            var configuration = BuildConfiguration();
+            context.Services.AddConfiguration(configuration);
+
+            context.Services.Configure<DbConnectionOptions>(options =>
+            {
+                options.ConnectionStrings.Default = configuration.GetConnectionString("Default");
+            });
+
+            context.Services.Configure<AbpDbContextOptions>(options =>
+            {
+                options.Configure(opts =>
+                {
+                    opts.UseSqlServer();
+                });
+            });
+
+            context.Services.Configure<BackgroundJobOptions>(options =>
+            {
+                options.JobPollPeriod = 1000;
+            });
+
             context.Services.AddAssemblyOf<DemoAppModule>();
         }
+
+        public override void OnApplicationInitialization(ApplicationInitializationContext context)
+        {
+            context
+                .ServiceProvider
+                .GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+                .AddConsole(LogLevel.Debug);
+        }
+
+        private static IConfigurationRoot BuildConfiguration(string fileName = "appsettings")
+        {
+            var fileNameWithExtension = fileName + ".json";
+            var directory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
+
+            while (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(directory, fileNameWithExtension)))
+            {
+                var parentDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(directory).Parent;
+                if (parentDirectory == null)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                directory = parentDirectory.FullName;
+            }
+
+            if(File.Exists(Path.Combine(directory, fileNameWithExtension)))
+            {
+                var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .SetBasePath(directory)
+                    .AddJsonFile(fileNameWithExtension, optional: false);
+
+                return builder.Build();
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/SampleJobCreator.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/SampleJobCreator.cs
index 9b0df9a0c2..5363101213 100644
--- a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/SampleJobCreator.cs
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/SampleJobCreator.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Jobs
 
         public void CreateJobs()
         {
-            _backgroundJobManager.Enqueue(new WriteToConsoleJobArgs { Value = "42" });
-            _backgroundJobManager.Enqueue(new WriteToConsoleJobArgs { Value = "43" });
+            _backgroundJobManager.Enqueue(new WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs { Value = "test 1 (green)" });
+            _backgroundJobManager.Enqueue(new WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs { Value = "test 2 (green)" });
+            _backgroundJobManager.Enqueue(new WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs { Value = "test 1 (yellow)" });
+            _backgroundJobManager.Enqueue(new WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs { Value = "test 2 (yellow)" });
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleGreenJob.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleGreenJob.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d2ad86372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleGreenJob.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using Volo.Abp.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Jobs
+{
+    public class WriteToConsoleGreenJob : BackgroundJob<WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs>, ITransientDependency
+    {
+        public override void Execute(WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs args)
+        {
+            if (RandomHelper.GetRandomOf(1, 2) == 2)
+            {
+                throw new ApplicationException("A sample exception from the WriteToConsoleGreenJob!");
+            }
+
+            var oldColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
+            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
+            Console.WriteLine($"############### WriteToConsoleGreenJob: {args.Value} ###############");
+            Console.ForegroundColor = oldColor;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77ec28b4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Jobs
+{
+    [BackgroundJobName("GreenJob")]
+    public class WriteToConsoleGreenJobArgs
+    {
+        public string Value { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleJob.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleJob.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e7c5514ee8..0000000000
--- a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleJob.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using Volo.Abp.DependencyInjection;
-
-namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Jobs
-{
-    public class WriteToConsoleJob : BackgroundJob<WriteToConsoleJobArgs>, ITransientDependency
-    {
-        public override void Execute(WriteToConsoleJobArgs args)
-        {
-            Console.WriteLine($"WriteToConsoleJob: {args.Value}");
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleYellowJob.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleYellowJob.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..514b5b3892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleYellowJob.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using Volo.Abp.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Jobs
+{
+    public class WriteToConsoleYellowJob : BackgroundJob<WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs>, ITransientDependency
+    {
+        public override void Execute(WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs args)
+        {
+            if (RandomHelper.GetRandomOf(1, 2) == 2)
+            {
+                throw new ApplicationException("A sample exception from the WriteToConsoleYellowJob!");
+            }
+
+            var oldColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
+            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
+            Console.WriteLine($"############### WriteToConsoleYellowJob: {args.Value} ###############");
+            Console.ForegroundColor = oldColor;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleJobArgs.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs.cs
similarity index 56%
rename from modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleJobArgs.cs
rename to modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs.cs
index f6cc94de8f..40b54c49ae 100644
--- a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleJobArgs.cs
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Jobs/WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Jobs
 {
-    public class WriteToConsoleJobArgs
+    [BackgroundJobName("YellowJob")]
+    public class WriteToConsoleYellowJobArgs
     {
         public string Value { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/20180724105416_BackgroundJobs_Initial.Designer.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/20180724105416_BackgroundJobs_Initial.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acab1e91e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/20180724105416_BackgroundJobs_Initial.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs;
+using Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Db;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(DemoAppDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20180724105416_BackgroundJobs_Initial")]
+    partial class BackgroundJobs_Initial
+    {
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "2.1.0-rtm-30799")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 128)
+                .HasAnnotation("SqlServer:ValueGenerationStrategy", SqlServerValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.BackgroundJobRecord", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreationTime")
+                        .HasColumnName("CreationTime");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsAbandoned")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasDefaultValue(false);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("JobArgs")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(1048576);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("JobName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("LastTryTime");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("NextTryTime");
+
+                    b.Property<byte>("Priority")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasDefaultValue((byte)15);
+
+                    b.Property<short>("TryCount")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasDefaultValue((short)0);
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("IsAbandoned", "NextTryTime");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AbpBackgroundJobs");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/20180724105416_BackgroundJobs_Initial.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/20180724105416_BackgroundJobs_Initial.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76202a0748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/20180724105416_BackgroundJobs_Initial.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Migrations
+{
+    public partial class BackgroundJobs_Initial : Migration
+    {
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AbpBackgroundJobs",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<Guid>(nullable: false),
+                    JobName = table.Column<string>(maxLength: 128, nullable: false),
+                    JobArgs = table.Column<string>(maxLength: 1048576, nullable: false),
+                    TryCount = table.Column<short>(nullable: false, defaultValue: (short)0),
+                    CreationTime = table.Column<DateTime>(nullable: false),
+                    NextTryTime = table.Column<DateTime>(nullable: false),
+                    LastTryTime = table.Column<DateTime>(nullable: true),
+                    IsAbandoned = table.Column<bool>(nullable: false, defaultValue: false),
+                    Priority = table.Column<byte>(nullable: false, defaultValue: (byte)15)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AbpBackgroundJobs", x => x.Id);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_AbpBackgroundJobs_IsAbandoned_NextTryTime",
+                table: "AbpBackgroundJobs",
+                columns: new[] { "IsAbandoned", "NextTryTime" });
+        }
+
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AbpBackgroundJobs");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/DemoAppDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/DemoAppDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7ca501dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Migrations/DemoAppDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs;
+using Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Db;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(DemoAppDbContext))]
+    partial class DemoAppDbContextModelSnapshot : ModelSnapshot
+    {
+        protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "2.1.0-rtm-30799")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 128)
+                .HasAnnotation("SqlServer:ValueGenerationStrategy", SqlServerValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.BackgroundJobRecord", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreationTime")
+                        .HasColumnName("CreationTime");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsAbandoned")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasDefaultValue(false);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("JobArgs")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(1048576);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("JobName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("LastTryTime");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("NextTryTime");
+
+                    b.Property<byte>("Priority")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasDefaultValue((byte)15);
+
+                    b.Property<short>("TryCount")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasDefaultValue((short)0);
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("IsAbandoned", "NextTryTime");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AbpBackgroundJobs");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Program.cs b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Program.cs
index a6d4cf21c5..de863ca426 100644
--- a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Program.cs
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Program.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp
 
                 Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to stop the application..!");
                 Console.ReadLine();
+
+                application.Shutdown();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.csproj b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.csproj
index 06e07f2cef..028482d72c 100644
--- a/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.csproj
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/app/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.DemoApp.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="2.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="2.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="2.1.0" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\framework\src\Volo.Abp.Autofac\Volo.Abp.Autofac.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.EntityFrameworkCore\Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\framework\src\Volo.Abp.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer\Volo.Abp.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.csproj" />
diff --git a/modules/background-jobs/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.Domain/Volo.Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobRecord.cs b/modules/background-jobs/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.Domain/Volo.Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobRecord.cs
index 11f6168065..0c18e9f877 100644
--- a/modules/background-jobs/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.Domain/Volo.Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobRecord.cs
+++ b/modules/background-jobs/src/Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs.Domain/Volo.Abp/BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobRecord.cs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.BackgroundJobs
         public virtual string JobName { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Job arguments as JSON string.
+        /// Job arguments as serialized string.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual string JobArgs { get; set; } //TODO: Consider to conver to byte[]
+        public virtual string JobArgs { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Try count of this job.