Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Rammohan Nagasubramani

Yordan Ivanov Rouskov

David Steeves

Roy Peter D'Souza

Wei-Quiang Michael Guo

Pui-Yin Winfred Wong

Vikas Rajvanshy

Sean Christian Wohlgemuth

Tarek Bahaa El-Din Mahmoud Kamel

Ashutosh Badwe

Orville Charles McDonald

Michel C Burger

Krishna Kumar Sunkammurali

WeiQiang Michael Guo

Jignesh Kacharia

Vikrant Minhas

David J Steeves

Orville C Mcdonald

One or more strong proofs are maintained as associated with an account of a user. In response to a request to change a security setting of the account, an attempt is made to confirm the request by using one of the one or more strong proofs to notify the user. The change is permitted if the request is confirmed via one or more of the strong proofs, and otherwise the change to the security setting of the account is kept unchanged.

Protecting account security settings using strong proofs

Embodiments described herein are directed to syndicating an online service to at least one syndication partner of a syndicator. In one embodiment, a computer system determines that a syndication relationship has been established between a syndicator and a syndication partner, where the syndication relationship is established to provide syndicated services to syndication partners and clients. The computer system indicates which services provided by the syndicator are available for syndication to the syndication partner and which type of usage information the partner is to provide in order to use the syndicator's services. The computer system receives usage information from the syndication partner specifying which services are to be syndicated and specifying parameters for those services indicating operating parameters specific to the use of the syndicated services. Based on the received usage information, the computer system provides the service to the syndication partner in the manner indicated by the received usage information.

Online service syndication

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