Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Marc Greisen

Dmitry Sonkin

Murali Krishna Sangubhatla

Jeanine E Spence

Christer Garbis

William Blum

Joseph W Hallock

Michael Wayne Jackson

Kenneth Patrick Coleman

Michael D Lubrecht

Kanchuki Sarma

Wakkas Rafiq

Eric C Kool-Brown

Edward K Tremblay

Marina Polishchuk

Aaron Edward Spinks

Gary James Purchase

Cheick Omar Keita

Unmesh Vartak

Sarat Rallapalli

Jeremy D Brown

Stanislav Tishkin

Ahmed Hassan Elsayed El Baz

Kundana Palagiri

Senthil Kumaran Chandran

Zhidong Peng

Kai Han

A user interface (UI) may be used to introduce a message into the cloud computing network. The message may be received by a service associated with the cloud computing network. The message may trigger the service to generate data in response to receiving the message. The generated data may include temporal data that includes the date and time data specifying when the message was received by the service. The generated temporal data may be forwarded to a telemetry store associated with the cloud computing network. A user or report generating operator portal may generate a report that includes the generated temporal data. The generated report may be used to determine if the service associated with the cloud computing network is functioning properly.

Cloud computing network inspection techniques

In various embodiments, methods and systems for remotely customizing a virtual machine in a cloud computing infrastructure are provided. A VM agent component provided on a virtual machine, while in communication with a VM deployment service associated therewith, can be configured to detect an incoming configuration payload that corresponds to a selected one or more extension packages cataloged on a VM marketplace component in communication with the VM deployment service component. Employing the configuration payload, the VM agent component can initialize communication with the extension repository to retrieve the one or more extension packages for storage and installation onto the virtual machine. Upon installing the one or more extension packages, the VM agent component can be configured to communicate a status report to the VM deployment service component for provision to an administrator.

Cloud virtual machine customization using extension framework

A bookmark file is stored in persistent storage and is updated as various tasks are completed during an installation process. The bookmark file may be read when an installation process is started so that the installation process may continue from a point after the last successfully completed task, if the installation process had failed and was restarted. The bookmark file may also include data collected from a user interface during the installation process. When an installation process is restarted, some embodiments may present the data in a user interface for the user to modify. The installation process may be defined in a configuration file that includes metadata that defines the sequence of installation tasks as well as some error handling for various tasks.

Bookmark and configuration file for installation sequence

A configuration and change management system may have installation and configuration processes that include a discovery mechanism for discovering incomplete installations or configuration changes, a cleanup mechanism for placing the system in a state to continue, an installation or configuration mechanism, and a rollback mechanism for rolling back to a defined restore point if a problem is detected. The configuration and change management system may be used for initial installation, as well as configuration changes after installation. The system may be used in a multiple server environment with interdependencies between devices, as well as a multiple services environment with interdependencies between applications and services, including services provided over the Internet.

Configuration and change management system with restore points

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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