--- uid: web-forms/videos/aspnet-ajax/how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-timer-control title: "[How Do I:] Use the ASP.NET AJAX Timer Control? | Microsoft Docs" author: JoeStagner description: "The AJAX Timer control enables a portion of an ASP.NET web page to be dynamically updated at a regular interval, rather than needing the user to perform an a..." ms.author: riande ms.date: 02/13/2007 ms.assetid: 1488f788-54ca-43ce-bf65-8179ebbe2c7c msc.legacyurl: /web-forms/videos/aspnet-ajax/how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-timer-control msc.type: video --- [How Do I:] Use the ASP.NET AJAX Timer Control? ==================== by [Joe Stagner](https://github.com/JoeStagner) The AJAX Timer control enables a portion of an ASP.NET web page to be dynamically updated at a regular interval, rather than needing the user to perform an action such as clicking on a button. [▶ Watch video (6 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-timer-control) > [!div class="step-by-step"] > [Previous](how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-roundedcorners-extender.md) > [Next](how-do-i-implement-the-predictive-fetch-pattern-for-ajax.md)