Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Thomas E Cloward

Xiaoxi Tan

A configuration management and monitoring system may use a hierarchical knowledge base to identify configuration settings, resolve conflicts between configuration settings, and implement and monitor the configuration settings for one or more devices in a network environment. The system may produce a file that may be consumed by an application and with which the application may be configured to conform to the configuration settings. The system may also produce a set of settings that may be used to automate deployment and monitor compliance with the settings.

Configuration creation for deployment and monitoring

Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for performing searches based upon word relationships. A search term is received from a user in the form of at least one primary word. A data store is searched to determine if the primary word is associated with any content. If so, at least one reference to primary content that has been pre-defined as being related to the primary word is included in the search result. At least one reference to secondary content is included in the search result, if secondary content is found. Secondary contents are those that contain words that have been pre-defined as being related to the primary word. The search results are displayed to the user, with the primary references displayed along with the secondary references, if applicable, in a hierarchical fashion.

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Thomas E Cloward