Timer job and 3rd Party DLL

Question

In SharePoint 2013, is it possible for a timer job to access a third party DLL that has been deployed to the bin folder instead of the GAC?

I have modified the package so that when the wsp is deployed, my third party DLL is copied to the bin folder associated with the Central Admin. When the timer job runs, it complains that it cannot find the file. I have restarted the SharePoint Timer service, but that did not help.

I can deploy to the GAC if necessary, but my client would prefer that I don't.

Answer 1

You need to have the dll deployed to: C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\BIN if you want the timerjob to be able to use it.