Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ying-Kin Tony Yip

Baskaran Dharmarajan

Rui Chen

Maximiliano Maccanti

Juanya Davon Williams

Walter Oliver

Claudia Irene Bond

Scott M Anson

Wei-Quiang Michael Guo

Neelamadhaba Mahapatro

Kok Wai Chan

Rahul Shrikant Newaskar

Anthony Toivonen

System and method for managing a plurality of clients. A request to implement a change in configuration data is received from a user. The configuration data relates to an operation of a client. The received request is stored in a memory area. Computer-executable instructions request topology data from the memory area based on the configuration data to identify the client. The requested topology data is received from the memory area. Computer-executable instructions identify a notification service associated with the client and notify the identified notification service of the change in the configuration data.

Centralized configuration data management for distributed clients

Method for providing an interface to a function that manages a plurality of entities. Computer-executable instructions receive a request to implement a change in configuration data. The configuration data is stored in a memory area and relates to an operation of one or more entities. In response to the received request, computer-executable instructions identify a plurality of the entities affected by the change and implement the change for the identified plurality of entities in accordance with the function.

Managing client configuration data

Managing a web service provided by a plurality of servers coupled to a data communication network. Two versions of the web service are executed on the plurality of servers and a selected version of the web service is identified for execution based on a request from a user for access the web service. While access to the web service is permitted via at least one server, the web service is updated on at least one other server. One or more servers providing the web service may specify a default version of the web service as the selected version if the request from the user does not specify a version of the web service for access.

Method and system for staged web service upgrade from an existing version to a different version

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Ying-Kin Tony Yip