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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2011
Miriam Rosenberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bruce G. Payette, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Snover, Woodinville, WA (US);
Rahim Maknojia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christine Moeller, Redmond, WA (US);
Narayanan Lakshmanan, Bothell, WA (US);
Hemant Mahawar, Redmond, WA (US);
Constantin Oprea, Seattle, WA (US);
Lee Holmes, Renton, WA (US);
Kenneth M. Hansen, Woodinville, WA (US);
Miriam Rosenberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bruce G. Payette, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Snover, Woodinville, WA (US);
Rahim Maknojia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christine Moeller, Redmond, WA (US);
Narayanan Lakshmanan, Bothell, WA (US);
Hemant Mahawar, Redmond, WA (US);
Constantin Oprea, Seattle, WA (US);
Lee Holmes, Renton, WA (US);
Kenneth M. Hansen, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A workflow scripting system is described herein that combines the features of workflows and scripts by automatically translating between the two models. Using the system, a script author can create workflows on the fly using familiar scripting language, and a workflow author can use scripting steps to perform actions. Workflows run in this manner can be setup to execute in their own process to improve robustness or efficiency. Operations in an enterprise environment frequently take a long time and are subject to interruptions. By adding reliability concepts of workflows to a shell environment, users of the system can write scripts to address common needs of large-scale computing environments. Thus, the workflow scripting system blends the available resources provided by workflow and scripting environments to provide a host of powerful, advanced capabilities to IT personnel.