Corey Evan Shaw

US Patent:

20130080603, Mar 28, 2013

Filed:

Oct 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/284718

Inventors:

Nicholas Michael Simons - Redmond WA, US
Corey David Shaw - Bellevue WA, US
Dong Ming - Redmond WA, US
Sugandha SudeshKumar Kapoor - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher Broussard - Redmond WA, US
Richard Alan Mareno - Redmond WA, US
Matthew James Ruhlen - Redmond WA, US
Tara Kraft - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/177

US Classification:

709220

Abstract:

A fault tolerant external application server. The external application server is a web based system that allows a user of a client computing device to work with a file over a network via a general client application communicating with a host. The host brokers the functionality and provides a platform for interacting with the external application server. The external application server is implemented as a server farm. A fault tolerant farm system combines latent configuration replication between farm members, interchangeable farm members, and optional health monitoring to allow the external application server farm to provide on-the-fly configuration while maintaining full functionality without requiring a real time state management database.