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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Michael Ammerlaan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Silviu Ifrim, Redmond, WA (US);
Kristofer D. Hoffman, Redmond, WA (US);
Randy D. Thomson, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Ammerlaan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Silviu Ifrim, Redmond, WA (US);
Kristofer D. Hoffman, Redmond, WA (US);
Randy D. Thomson, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Scalable hosting of user solutions is provided. A system for hosting application software includes a local server, one or more remote servers, a configuration database and a content database. The local server includes a web front end module that processes a request from a client computer over the Internet to host application software on a server. The web front end module determines whether the local server or the one or more remote servers will host the application software. The remote server includes a back end module that manages the installation and operation of application software hosted the remote server. The configuration database includes topology information that has descriptions of the server computers that can host application software. The content database includes information on the content of the software applications to be hosted on a server computer.