Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Tianyu Xie

Robert D Donner

Karvell Li

Sanjay Garg

Gregory Akselrod

Chad R Shurtz

Gordon Hardy

Scott Kurtzeborn

Piotr A Ciszewski

Zhengyu Li

Scott Kurtzebom

Richard Moloney

Matthew D Wood

Amit Wadhwa

Ryan Heaney

Danny R Amirault

Donald Gordon Hardy

Shawn Thomas Sullivan

Kyle Von Haden

Peter Anthony Nobel

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance licensing in multi-user computing environments. In an implementation, for each user of a plurality of users engaged with an application installed in a multi-user computing environment, a user-specific license state is maintained for the user with respect to the application. In addition, for each of the plurality of users engaged with the application installed in the multi-user computing environment, the application is delivered in accordance with the user-specific license state for the user.

User-specific application activation for remote sessions

Technology is disclosed herein for licensing applications using a preferred authorization process dynamically identified based on conditions associated with an initiation of an application. Authorization is then attempted using the preferred authorization process. In some examples, the preferred authorization process is selected from at least a keyless authorization process and a key-based authorization process.

Dynamic selection of authorization processes

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating application forensics. In least one implementation, the identity of a user associated with an attempt to access an application program that resides in a development environment is determined. Information is generated with which to encode the identity of the user in a various views of the application program rendered in a runtime environment. A reply to the attempt is communicated that includes the information and at least a portion of the application program.

Application forensics

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for licensing applications using a preferred authorization process dynamically identified based on conditions associated with an initiation of an application. Authorization is then attempted using the preferred authorization process. In some examples, the preferred authorization process is selected from at least a keyless authorization process and a key-based authorization process.

A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for providing user based licensing of an application are provided herein. The method includes receiving user log-in information from a computing device at a licensing service in response to an input by a user and providing a license for an application to the computing device, wherein the license includes device specific information associated with the user. The method also includes activating the application on the computing device using the device specific information.

User based licensing for applications

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