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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Krishnan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Muskan Kukreja, Redmond, WA (US);
Sandi Ganguly, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed, which includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory includes executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the system to perform functions of collecting software asset information of software assets installed in hardware assets of an organization; determining popularity metrics of the software assets based on the collected software asset information; classifying, based on the popularity metrics, the software assets into a plurality of popularity groups; identifying, based on the classification, a pilot test software asset sample group; identifying, based on the pilot test software asset sample group, a pilot test hardware asset sample group; and deploying the new software asset to the pilot test hardware asset sample group for executing the pilot test of the new software asset.