Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

David S Amenta

Samer Fouad Sawaya

Henri-Charles Machalani

Sarah W McDevitt

Richard Jennings Duncan

Marina Dukhon

Benjamin Salim Srour

Thomas Henry Alphin, Iii

Clement Basile Fauchere

Jakub Piotr Kotynia

Bahram Bahram Pour

Daniel W DeKlotz

Robert Macklin

Marina Dukhon Taylor

Marko Panic

Chris McGuire

Thomas Alphin

Thomas H Iii Alphin

Samer F Sawaya

Sarah W Mcdevitt

Techniques for visual configuration and activation are described. Techniques discussed herein enable visuals to be presented to a user based on a user-specific visual configuration. The visuals are activated such that the visuals are selectable to access various functionalities. In at least some embodiments, a visualization that represents a user-specific visual configuration is provided to and displayed on a device. The visualization includes inactive visuals that are activated based on various considerations.

Visual configuration and activation

Embodiments described herein relate to synchronizing configuration information between devices associated with a user. The synchronized configuration information can relate to application installations and uninstallations as well as to user modifications to user interfaces for managing and invoking the applications. For example, layouts of application representations provided by respective application launchers on a user's respective devices are kept automatically synchronized when the user modifies any of the layouts. Installations and uninstallations are similarly synchronized between the user's devices. Installations and uninstallations that might stem from synchronization may be circumscribed in various ways, such as by allowing the user to specify whether specific applications are to be installed/uninstalled only on specific devices or globally, by filtering propagation of synchronization updates according to hardware or software features and incompatibilities, or others.

Application install and layout syncing

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