Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Chris J Guzak

David George De Vorchik

Timothy P McKee

Jason Fergus Moore

Tyler Kien Beam

Michael John Novak

David Joel Sheldon

Mohammed Samji

Amnon Itamar Govrin

Michael G Sheldon

Relja Ivanovic

Scott David Hoogerwerf

Oded Yehuda Shekel

Nathaniel Harper Ballou

Todd L Ouzts

Sangeeta Ranjit

Kiernon Reiniger

Kerem B Karatal

Patrice Lynn Miner

John E Brezak

Louis Amadio

Richard Wales Stoakley

Brian D Wentz

James Brian Kurtz

Christopher Andrew Evans

Judson Craig Hally

Roland Lucas Fernandez

Richard Malcolm Banks

Anshul Rawat

Michael A Schmidt

Scott S Hysom

Scott Hanggie

Marc M Miller

Marc Wautier

Shaun A Kaasten

Sasanka Chalivendra

Balan Sethu Raman

Sterling M Reasor

Franc Camara

Richard M Banks

Giampiero M Sierra

Eric R Flo

Benjamin Betz

Ming Hong Zhu

Jeffrey C Belt

Philip P Fortier

Lyon King-Fook Wong

Paul Alexander Gusmorino, Iii

Cornelis K Van Dok

Stephan Hoefnagels

Daniel J Shapiro

Brian R Meyers

Chad Magendanz

Kenneth Martin Tubbs

Paul Stephen Hellyar

Gavin Jancke

Walter R Smith

Marcus Eduardo Markiewicz

David Fields

Jack Allen Nichols

Jordan L K Schwartz

Adam Christopher Czeisler

Jonathan Alexander Bockelman

Michal Krzysztof Piaseczny

Jonathan Thomas Grudin

Juan-Lee Pang

David Ruzyski

James H Hong

Michael G Tricker

Charles Cummins

Paul J Leach

Charles W Stabb

Cristian Marius Ilac

Sean O Lyndersay

Richard Bruce Ward

Colin Ray Anthony

Simon Clarke

Marieke Iwema Watson

Balaji Balasubramanyan

Lyon K F Wong

Klaus U Schutz

Rebecca J Deutsch

Eric C Perlin

David A Orbits

Daniel Oliver

Paul Cutsinger

Ahsan Syed Kabir

Andrew Peter Sinclair

Yevgeniy Anatolievich Samsonov

David Dawson

Ryan Charles Colvin

Sudarshan Anand Chitre

John Scott Stephens

James F Springfield

Ramkumar Ramasubramanian

Anil Kumar Yadav

Giles Edward Van Der Bogert

Cynthia C Tee

Elliott Jeb Haber

Sarah E Schrock

A computing system includes at least one processor and memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to instruct a synchronization engine to synchronize first and second versions of a file, the first version being stored on a first storage system and the second version being stored on a second storage system, receive a backoff indicator corresponding to the file, based on the backoff indicator, instruct the synchronization engine to backoff synchronizing changes to the file, and allow the changes to the file to be synchronized by a co-authoring application, maintain a first set of collaborative metadata indicative of content of the first version of the file, and maintain a second set of collaborative metadata indicative of content of the second version of the file.

Coordinating file synchronization between a sync engine and another application that supports document collaboration

A synchronization engine detects a notification of a change to a file. It determines whether an application associated with the file has indicated that the file is to be synchronized by the application. If so, the changes to the file are synchronized between a cloud-based storage system and a local disk by the application. Collaborative metadata, associated with the synchronized file, is updated to indicate a state of a copy of the file on the local disk and a copy of the file in the cloud-based storage system. The collaborative metadata is stored by the synchronization engine.

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to file system placeholders. In aspects, placeholders may be used by a client to represent remote file system objects. The placeholders may include metadata and may also include none, some, or all of the content of the represented remote file system objects. In response to a request to access content of a file system object represented by a placeholder, a client may obtain needed data from a remote storage system and stream or not stream the data to the requesting application based on whether the requesting application is capable of streaming the data.

Streaming content and placeholders

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to file system placeholders. In aspects, placeholders may be used by a client to represent remote file system objects. The placeholders may include metadata, searchable text, and may also include none, some, or all of the content of the represented remote file system objects. Search data from the placeholders is integrated into a local search database of the client such that the client is able to satisfy queries and identify relevant local and remote file system objects even when the client is offline with respect to remote storage.

Searching and placeholders

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to file system placeholders. In aspects, placeholders may be used by a client to represent remote file system objects. The placeholders may include metadata and may also include none, some, or all of the content of the represented remote file system objects. In conjunction with local file system metadata, the placeholders allow a file system namespace to be navigated and may also allow other operations to be performed on the file system objects even when the client is offline with respect to the remote file system. After connectivity is re-established with the remote file system, the placeholders may be used in synchronizing changes.

File management with placeholders

A programming interface for a computer platform can include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface includes one or more of a first group of services related to re-usable user interface controls, a second group of services related to user interface dialogs and user interface wizards, a third group of services related to extending the user interface functionality, and a fourth group of services related to extending functionality of a desktop of the user interface.

Interface for a computer platform

A system and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser. A group of items and associated metadata values are displayed in a window of the shell browser. An edit control permits user modification of metadata values displayed in the window. The user can modify metadata associated with a welcome pane, a selected item, or multiple selected items. A data structure stored on one or more computer-readable media contains metadata associated with items displayed in a shell browser, including user modifiable metadata which is also displayed in the shell browser.

System and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser

A programming interface for a computer platform may include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface may include a sidebar that provides dynamic communication access and information awareness in an integrated interactive peripheral display. Specified communication contacts and information elements may be dynamically tracked or received and provided to a user on an ongoing basis. This capability may be provided via a customizable dynamic thumbnail displayed in one or more columns in a persistent display strip along one edge of a display device. Information may be updated according to rules set by a user.

A method use on a computer having a graphical operating environment is provided for displaying the content items of a container. The method includes enumerating the items that exist within the container or folder and determining whether a graphical preview can be generated for the item. If so, the item is added to a list of candidates as preview items for the container or folder. The items are then evaluated, and a desired number are chosen for display based upon a sort criteria. Prior to being displayed, the graphical preview for each item is sized and is located on the background image. The above method results in a container having graphical or pictorial indicia of the container contents on the outside thereof. These indicia allow a computer user to more readily determine the contents of the container or folder without having to open the container or folder.

Method for graphical representation of a content collection

Embodiments described herein may involve enabling applications to cooperate with a system-level sync framework. The sync framework may provide system synchronization of files between user devices and a cloud storage service. Arbitrary applications on a user computing device can communicate with the sync framework to temporarily suspend synchronization of a specified file by the sync framework. The application can register functions with the sync framework that the sync framework can invoke in relation to suspending synchronization, continuing to provide system-level access to the file for arbitrary applications, and resuming synchronization.

Sync framework extensibility

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to file system placeholders. In aspects, placeholders may be used by a client to represent remote file system objects. The placeholders may include metadata and may also include none, some, or all of the content of the represented remote file system objects. In conjunction with placeholders and based on one or more factors, a client may hydrate or dehydrate file system objects of the client to follow user directives, inferred user intent, and storage policies of the client.

Hydration and dehydration with placeholders

The reputation of an executable computer program is checked when a user input to a computing device initiates a program launch, thus triggering a check of a local cache of reputation information. If the local cache confirms that the program is safe, it is permitted to launch, typically without notifying the user that a reputation check has been made. If the local cache cannot confirm the safety of the program, a reputation check is made by accessing a reputation service in the cloud. If the reputation service identifies the program as safe, it returns an indication to the computing device and the program is permitted to be launched, again without notifying the user that a reputation check has been made. If the reputation service identifies the program as unsafe or potentially unsafe, or does not recognize it at all, a warning is displayed to the user.

Reputation checking of executable programs

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