Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Shruti Kasetty

Anil Abraham Elson

Carly Larsson

Anish Agarwal

Alex Jacob Simmons

David John Rasmussen

Thomas Charles Underhill

Cynthia Dahl Wessling

Patrick Moulhaud

Charles Duze

Jayendran Srinivasan

Adil Faisal

Stuti Jain

Alan L Bridgewater

Hong Lin

Michael Henry Schulz

Syed Mustafa Bilal

Ryan Farmer

Sirirat Reinikka

Shi Lu

William A Ridmann

Tengyu Wang

Umme Salma Shabbir Gadriwala

Hao Xie

Shi Pu

Kitty Chou

Abhishek Kadian

Jeffrey Bell

A data verification agent serves to verify data that is being redundantly stored in both a first data store and a second data store. The data verification agent compares corresponding objects in the first and second data stores to determine any mismatch between the objects. The data verification agent includes a mismatch ignore function causing the agent to skip a comparison of corresponding data objects in the first and second data stores in response to an indication that a mismatch between the objects would not necessarily indicate a synchronization failure so as to minimize false positive determinations of a synchronization failure.

Methods and systems of verifying data synchronized to multiple data stores

The techniques disclosed herein enhance the efficiency and functionality of directory systems. This is accomplished by augmenting a primary table with an extended table for storing properties of an associated entity (e.g., a user, a company). A table serves to organize directory data and comprises rows and columns. Each row of the primary table stores an entity with each column storing an associated property. In contrast, the primary table is configured with an extended table in which each row of the extended table stores a property for an associated entity while each column stores additional information for the property such as timestamps and metadata. Storing specific properties in the extended table eliminates empty spaces in the primary table thereby reducing the volume of stored data. Moreover, by including additional data for properties, the extended table enables property-specific features such as search, synchronization, extensibility, and lifecycle management.

Arbitrary directory data properties in SQL-based directory systems

A server enforces a policy for selecting what received change to process. The non-selected changes are not processed by the server. Instead, after the selected change is processed and is incorporated into the current version of the text, the server sends an update to each of the clients indicating the change made to the current version of text. A client performs a conflict resolution procedure when its change was not processed by the server. The conflict resolution procedure detects the differences between the updated text version and its text change that was not accepted by the server and uses the differences to deduce the intent of the user and come up with a merged version of the text which preserves the intent and avoids data loss. The updated version is then sent back to the server to update the current version of the text.

Multi-master text synchronization using deltas

Notes may be shared in an online meeting with online meeting attendees through a software application associated with organizing an online meeting, for example, online meeting software, calendaring software, note-taking software, or the like. Notes may be created and/or shared before, during, and/or after the online meeting by meeting attendees. Meeting attendees may be notified when notes are shared for the online meeting. Notes may be shared with items of the software application associated with organizing the online meeting. For example, notes may be shared in online meeting software with the online meeting. Notes may be shared among items of different software applications, for example, notes shared in the online meeting software may be automatically shared with a calendar item in a calendaring software application.

Sharing notes in online meetings

A client device selectively establishes connections between selected client communication components and corresponding server communication components. The client device receives data from the corresponding server communication components via the connections between the selected client communication components and the server communication components. The data received via different ones of the connections is associated with a different content stream of a teleconference. During the teleconference, a given connection is suspended. When the given connection is suspended, the client computing device continues to receive data via connections other than the given connection.

Selective connection between corresponding communication components involved in a teleconference

A client-agnostic software routing component for routing input data of a type and version to a most appropriate type and version of client application of a family of related applications. The router, rather than the client application, registers as the file extension handler and as the protocol handler, and thus, receives all input data targeting the client applications. On startup, the router creates a list of available client applications, the client versions and types, and versions of input data the clients can handle. On receiving the input, the router determines if the router can parse the version of the input. The router refers to the list of available clients to determine if one or more of the client applications can handle a particular version and type of the input data. After this determination, the router routes the input to the most appropriate client.

Application level router for routing heterogeneous input to the most appropriate application

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