Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Joseph W Hallock

Dileep R Kumar

Kenneth Patrick Coleman

Cesare John Saretto

Dmitry Sonkin

Jeanine E Spence

Christer Garbis

Marc Greisen

Michael Wayne Jackson

Michael D Lubrecht

Eric C Kool-Brown

Edward K Tremblay

Rishad Madhura Kuzhiyil

Kanchuki Sarma

Jodene L Eikenberry

Aidan M Delaney

Gary James Purchase

Lara Arguelles

Jeremy D Brown

Trinh Vo Yetzer

Michal Nowak

Benjamin Homelson Meister

Keeron Modi

Brian Peter Oakley

An interface may include a first portion of a linear scale having first upper and lower bounds and a first plurality of indicators identifying first demarcations of the linear scale between the first upper and lower bounds. A first selectable item corresponding to a single data item and a second selectable corresponding to multiple data items may be arranged along the linear scale. When the second selectable item is selected, the interface may be modified to include a second portion of the linear scale having second upper and lower bounds and the multiple data items corresponding to the second selectable item.

Interface including selectable items corresponding to single or multiple data items

A calling routine may identify portions of a data object that may be populated by other executable routines by creating a property requested event. An event may be created for the requested property and one or more subscribing routines may launch. The subscribing routines may process separately from the calling routine and return property values, which in turn may create a property changed event, which may be subscribed to by the calling routine. The calling routine may then process the requested data. In one embodiment, a data object may be populated on a property-by-property basis by various subscribing routines, creating a sparsely populated data object that may be updated dynamically by routines identified at runtime.

Value provider subscriptions for sparsely populated data objects

A client/server distribution system for applications, media, messages, and other items operates by distributing a list of items to client devices, then the client devices may generate a user interface that reflects the availability of the items based on the capabilities of the device and permissions of the user. The distribution system may distribute media for consumption on the clients, applications that may be executed on the server, messages for status and other purposes. Each item may have an associated application that may be launched from the user interface, and the client devices may customize the launch script or other configuration based on the characteristics of the client device and permissions of the user.

Client server application manager

Display screen with user interface

An installation and configuration system consolidates workloads of multiple applications and services, including applications or services that may be installed or configured on multiple server devices or remotely hosted services. The system gathers environmental information, analyzes dependencies among the workloads, and populates the input data used by the workloads from a common database. The system then executes the workloads, allowing branching within the workloads or the sequence of workloads. An example of branching may include detecting an error condition, pausing the sequence, and presenting alternative fixes to a user.

Environment wide configuration system

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