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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014

Filed:

May. 31, 2007
Applicants:

Ashvinkumar J Sanghvi, Sammamish, WA (US);

Baelson B Duque, Seattle, WA (US);

Thomas F Theiner, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ashvinkumar J Sanghvi, Sammamish, WA (US);

Baelson B Duque, Seattle, WA (US);

Thomas F Theiner, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 19/24 (2011.01); G06F 19/26 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 17/30905 (2013.01); G06F 17/30572 (2013.01); G06F 19/24 (2013.01); G06F 19/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

Computer services and other computer entities may be monitored and evaluated by using a model that defines the services and relationships between the services. The model may be used during discovery for finding entities and creating instances of the entities and instances of the relationships between entities. After discovery, data may be collected and stored in a database by monitoring or instrumenting the entity. Analysis of the data may include tracking performance and monitoring the health of a service or other entity. The relationships may be used to graphically display various entities in many useful manners, including graphical representations of the health of various entities.


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