Tenant-controlled cloud apparatus

US10459750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jiaxing Zhang · Hangzhou City, CN
• Thomas Moscibroda · Beijing, CN
• Haoran Wang · Zhejiang, CN
• Jurgen A. Willis · Woodinville, US
• Yang Chen · Shanghai, CN
• Ying Yan · Shanghai, CN
• James E. Johnson · Bellevue, US
• Ajay Mani · Woodinville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2009/4557
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are taught for providing customers of a cloud computing service to control when updates affect the services provided to the customers. Because multiple customers share the cloud's infrastructure, each customer may have conflicting preferences for when an update and associated downtime occurs. Preventing and resolving conflicts between the preferences of multiple customers while providing them with input for scheduling a planned update may reduce the inconvenience posed by updates. Additionally, the schedule for the update may be transmitted to customers so that they can prepare for the downtime of services associated with the update.