Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Sung Hon Wu

Anthony Crider

Lubomir I Birov

Phillip Michael Hoff

John A Cunningham

Jeffrey Young

Boris Markus Scholl

Brahmnes Fung

Alan Turnquist

Nizar Nassar Ali Qamar

Anthony Lavel Crider

Lubomir Birov

Techniques are described herein that are capable of dynamically installing plugin(s) for application(s). An agent plugin is caused to run in a deployment of a specified application (e.g., across multiple machines in a cloud environment or 'on premises'). The specified application is packaged to include the agent plugin. The agent plugin is used to install designated plugin(s) dynamically based on configuration information regarding the specified application. The configuration information indicates that the designated plugin(s) are to be installed in response to the specified application being deployed.

Dynamic plugin(s) for cloud application(s)

Debugging capabilities for software running in a cloud-computing environment are disclosed. A controller identifies which machines in the cloud are running instances of software to be debugged. An agent is deployed onto the machines in the cloud to facilitate communication with the developer's machine. When the developer wants to debug software on the agent's machine, the agent downloads and installs a monitor onto the machine. The agent configures the machine for remote debugging via the monitor. A security mechanism ensures that only authenticated developers can access the monitor and the remote machine for debugging. A controller automatically determines which machines can be debugged, updates a list of processes available for debugging on the machines, and identifies how to connect a developer's debugging client to the machines. The controller permits remote debugging only upon request from an authenticated developer and only for those processes that the developer is permitted to debug.

Remote debugging as a service

Debugging capabilities for software running in a cloud-computing environment are disclosed. Embodiments enable developers to debug any process running on a virtual machine hosted in a remote data center, virtual network, or cloud services environment over the Internet through a secured connection without manually installing and configuring a remote debugging monitor. A debugger module is dynamically installed and configured on a remote machine over the Internet through an extension model. In another embodiment, a debugger module is dynamically installed and configured on a remote machine over the Internet through a remote scripting approach. A secure connection is automatically established between debugger application components and debugging components on the remote machine.

Dynamically enabling debugging over the internet

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