Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jason Robert Githens

David C James

Brad R Anderson

Marc Shepard

Gaurav Raghu Dhawan

Brett D A Flegg

Brett Damon Alan Flegg

Prabagar Ramadasse

Loretta Marie Macklem-Clements

Maayan Bar-Niv

Yongcheng Huang

Hang Heidi Cheng

Brett Da Flegg

Brett DA Flegg

A solution is disclosed for computer hardware replacement using performance analytics that selects replacement computer hardware based on actual user needs and enterprise priorities. Key performance data is collected and compared with various baselines, thereby identifying hardware that is performing below acceptable levels. Enterprise data and collected data are received from an instrumented operating system on a computing device. The collected data includes boot performance, application performance, and hardware performance. Based at least on the collected data, a usability score is determined by performing a weighted calculation on the collected data. Based at least on the usability score and the enterprise data, it is determined whether a score improvement is required. Based at least on the enterprise data, a score improvement selection is determined. The score improvement selection is reported based at least on determining that a score improvement is required.

Optimizing hardware replacement using performance analytics

Techniques are described herein that are capable of utilizing agent-based configuration co-management to selectively migrate workloads from a first configuration management authority to a second configuration management authority. The first configuration management authority has a first management client and a first management server that provides a first management service. The second configuration management authority has a second management client and a second management server that provides a second management service. An operating system that runs on a computing device enrolls the first management agent and the second management agent into the second configuration management authority. The first management agent negotiates with the second management agent to determine a first subset of the workloads that is to be handled by the first management agent and a second subset of the workloads that is to be handled by the second management agent.

Agent-based configuration co-management to selectively migrate workloads

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