Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Aaron R Birnbaum

Jared W Wilson

Michael Paul Robinson

Curtis Dean Anderson

Peter Gerber

James Perry Rodrigues

Carlo Rivera

Donald Gordon Hardy

Loren Merriman

Charles D McClintock

Micah Andrew Koffron

Patrick Joseph Niemeyer

Alan T B Brown

Paul A Just

Dipak Boyed

Richard L Wright, Iii

Ross F Smith, Jr

Detecting machine utilization activity may be provided. Client machine activity within a computer network may be monitored to determine if the client machine is available for use, or if the computer is already engaged in one or more activities. During a predetermined receive period, machine activity information for a given client machine. The machine activity information for the client machine is compared to previously stored machine activity information to determine if an activity state for the client machine has changed. If the activity state of the client machine has changed, the activity state for the machine is updated. Machine activity information for all computers in the computer network may be used to track and optimize resources with the computer network.

Detecting machine utilization activity

Automated client recovery and service ticketing may be provided. Client computers in a lab environment that become disconnected from a client management system may be recovered using an automated client recovery. Computers in a computer lab may be monitored to determine if a computer becomes disconnected from the client management system. If a computer is unresponsive with the client management system, an automated client recovery and service ticketing script is implemented to recover the unresponsive computer. If solutions within in the automated client recovery and service ticketing script do not recover the unresponsive computer, a service call request is automatically generated for the computer for subsequent examination by a lab engineer.

Automated client recovery and service ticketing

Software automation testing and validation are provided according to a system that runs automation tests using multiple lab machines and allows the testing to be performed before checking in the code to a version control system. Code changes in a build of the software are provided on a computing device. Automation tests are selected from a list of available tests. When indicated by a job queue, the changed code of the build is forwarded to lab machines allocated by an automation system. An image of the build from the computing device is generated on the lab machines and the automation tests are run against the build. A report is generated and forwarded back to one or more recipients that notifies of the success or failure of the automation testing.

System and method for automation testing and validation

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