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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2010
Venkata Seshu Kumar Kurapati, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ilarie G. Letca, Redmond, WA (US);
Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dhananjay Madhusudan Mahajan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Alexandre A. Coelho, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajeev Sudhakar, Seattle, WA (US);
Anandha Ganesan, Redmond, WA (US);
Venkata Seshu Kumar Kurapati, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ilarie G. Letca, Redmond, WA (US);
Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dhananjay Madhusudan Mahajan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Alexandre A. Coelho, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajeev Sudhakar, Seattle, WA (US);
Anandha Ganesan, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described herein that are capable of monitoring activity with respect to a distributed application. A server system includes logical tiers, each including processing system(s) configured to process messages in accordance with a respective protocol (e.g., an ASP.net® protocol, WCF protocol, SQL protocol, etc.). When a user initiates an activity with respect to a distributed application, hops are performed between the logical tiers and/or between components of the distributed application to complete the requested activity. A hop is a transfer of a message or a procedure call from one processing system to another processing system. A common identifier may be assigned to each of the hops that are performed with regard to the activity. If a failure occurs with respect to the activity, the common identifier may be used to gather information regarding the hops. For instance, the information may be used to determine a source of the failure.