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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Anshul Jain, Bellevue, WA (US);
Prabhat Kumar Pandey, Redmond, WA (US);
Carlos Cabral Dietrich, Bothell, WA (US);
Himani Ganjoo, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shannon Ronald McArthur, Snohomish, WA (US);
Vinay Singh, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Deployment of a software unit into a software application layer stack using deployment parameters including an ordering behavior parameter and a reference parameter. The deployment of the software unit may be in response to receipt of a software package for installation of the software unit. Installation of the software unit may be provided according to a hierarchical rule structure that includes determining whether the software unit comprises an upgrade or a patch to an existing software unit in the layer stack. If not an upgrade or a patch, an ordering behavior parameter may indicate a relative position to install the software unit in relation to a software unit designated by the reference parameter. If the deployment parameters are not valid, installation of the software unit may be provided according to a default rule.