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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Manuvir Das, Hyderabad, IN;
Sudarshan Yadav, Hyderabad, IN;
Arvind Kandhare, Hyderabad, IN;
Sanjay Malpani, Hyderabad, IN;
Ravi K. Balachandran, Hyderabad, IN;
Adam Herscher, Seattle, WA (US);
Nelamangal K. Srinivas, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rochak Mittal, Hyderabad, IN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for deploying software applications in a cloud computing environment. An administrator is provided an interface for allowing a software application that is designed for a single tenant to be used by a plurality of users. An aspect of the invention is to provide a mechanism for quickly and easily giving multi-user qualities to a single tenant application like autoCAD. As such, multiple users can access the application without the need to download and install a version locally on their system. The system is able to determine the period of time for which an application is in use for a given user, because every application is run on a resource that is part of the cloud environment. Therefore, it is possible for the application provider to charge for the application in a usage-based model—e.g., by the hour, or day—without any re-engineering of the existing application.