Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Joel M Fillmore

Ziyi Wang

Corey Roussel

Kshamta Jerath

John Keith Bankston

Kimon Tsinteris

Corey M Roussel

Techniques to perform gradual upgrades are described. An apparatus may include a database with a data set for a first version of an application program, and a computing device to couple to the database. The computing device may have a processor and memory, with the memory to store a first version of an application program, an installer program, and a gradual update engine. The processor may execute the installer program to install a second version of the application program, and said gradual update engine to convert the data set to a data schema used by the second version one data segment at a time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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Joel M Fillmore