Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Brian Elgaard Bennett

Mehmet Kerem Kiziltunc

Alexey Ovsyannikov

Benjamin Brink Allsopp

Information associated with an unavailable option is provided to a user upon detecting the user's interest in that option in a configuration environment or user interface control environment. The provided information may explain why the option is unavailable, what alternative options may be available, and which actions may be needed to render the option available. The user may be further enabled to unselect conflicting options or re-select among a subset of relevant options to render the unavailable option available without losing the context of the current selection screen.

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A method of creating alerts in a database system is disclosed. The method may include allowing the selection of at least one field or record to be monitored, determining the data in a database that affects the value of the selected field or record, storing a trigger related to the data determined to affect the value of the selected field or record wherein the trigger communicates if the data is accessed and creating a notification of the communication of the trigger.

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Brian Elgaard Bennett