Reducing overhead of software deployment based on existing deployment occurrences

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10664256-B2
Application number	US-201816017990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2018
Priority date	Jun 25, 2018
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

Methods and systems for deploying software applications based on previous deployments. One method includes collecting first telemetry data tracking usage of a first plurality of features of a first software application by a first plurality of devices and creating a first plurality of mappings based on the first telemetry data. The method further includes, as part of deploying the first software application within an organization, collecting second telemetry data tracking usage of a second plurality of features of a second software application by a second plurality of devices of the organization, creating a second plurality of mappings based on the second telemetry data, determining a set of features to be included in a testing plan relating to the first software application based on the first plurality of mappings and the second plurality of mappings, and implementing the testing plan as part of deploying the first software application within the organization.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for deploying software applications based on previous software deployments, the system comprising:
at least one electronic processor configured to
collect first telemetry data from a first plurality of devices, the first telemetry data including usage of a first plurality of features of a first software application by the first plurality of devices;
create, based on the first telemetry data, a first plurality of mappings, each of the first plurality of mappings representing a profile of one of the first plurality of devices, the first software application, and usage of one of the first plurality of features by the one of the first plurality of devices;
determine a level of deployment success for each of the first plurality of mappings; and
as part of deploying the first software application within an organization,
collect second telemetry data from a second plurality of devices associated with the organization, the second telemetry data including usage of a second plurality of features of a second software application by the second plurality of devices,
create, based on the second telemetry data, a second plurality of mappings, each of the second plurality of mappings representing a profile of one of the second plurality of devices, the second software application, and usage of one of the second plurality of features by the one of the second plurality of devices,
compare the first plurality of mappings and the second plurality of mappings to
identify a matching mapping included in the first plurality of mappings, wherein the matching mapping includes at least one of a profile, the first software application, and a usage matching at least one of a profile, the second software application, and a usage of a mapping included in the second plurality of mappings, and
determine whether to include a feature associated with the matching mapping in a testing plan for the organization relating to the first software application by comparing the level of deployment success for the matching mapping to a threshold associated with the organization, and

implement the testing plan as part of deploying the first software application within the organization.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electronic processor is configured to determine whether to include the feature associated with the matching mapping in the testing plan by,
when the level of deployment success fails to satisfy the threshold, including the feature in the testing plan, and
when the level of deployment success satisfies the threshold, excluding the feature from the testing plan.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electronic processor is further configured to, for each mapping included in the second plurality of mappings not associated with a matching mapping in the first plurality of mappings, include a feature associated with each mapping in the testing plan.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first software application is a first version of a software product and the second software application is a second version of the same software product.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of devices includes devices associated with a plurality of organizations.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of organizations does not include the organization associated with the second plurality of devices.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of devices includes devices associated with a plurality of organizations with an organization parameter matching the organization.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the organization parameter is at least one selected from a group consisting of an industry and a distribution of user types.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electronic processor is further configured to provide the level of deployment success associated with at least one of the first plurality of mappings with a software developer associated with the first software application.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electronic processor is configured to collect the first telemetry data from the first plurality of devices by receiving, from at least one of the first plurality of devices, telemetry data through an application programming interface exposed to the first software application as executed by the at least one of the first plurality of devices.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the testing plan includes an estimation of workload for testing the set of features.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the profile of one of the second plurality of devices includes software parameters and hardware parameters.

13. A method for deploying software applications based on previous software deployments, the method comprising:
collecting, with an electronic processor, first telemetry data from a first plurality of devices, the first telemetry data including usage of a first plurality of features of a first software application by the first plurality of devices;
creating, based on the first telemetry data, a first plurality of mappings, each of the first plurality of mappings representing a profile of one of the first plurality of devices, the first software application, and usage of one of the first plurality of features by the one of the first plurality of devices;
determining a level of deployment success for each of the first plurality of mappings; and
as part of deploying the first software application within an organization,
collecting, with the electronic processor, second telemetry data from a second plurality of devices associated with the organization, the second telemetry data including usage of a second plurality of features of a second software application by the second plurality of devices,
creating, based on the second telemetry data, a second plurality of mappings, each of the second plurality of mappings representing a profile of one of the second plurality of devices, the second software application, and usage of one of the second plurality of features by the one of the second plurality of devices,
comparing the first plurality of mappings and the second plurality of mappings to identify a matching mapping included in the first plurality of mappings, wherein the matching mapping includes at least one of a profile, the first software application, and a usage matching at least one of a profile, the second software application, and a usage of a mapping included in the second plurality of mappings,
determining whether to include a feature associated with the matching mapping in a testing plan for the organization relating to the first software application by comparing the level of deployment success for the matching mapping to a threshold associated with the organization, and
implementing the testing plan as part of deploying the first software application within the organization.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining whether to include the feature associated with the matching mapping in the testing plan includes,
when the level of deployment success fails to satisfy the threshold, including the feature in the testing plan, and
when the level of deployment success satisfies the threshold, excluding the feature from the testing plan.

15. The method of claim 13 , the method further comprising, for each mapping included in the second plurality of mappings not associated with a matching mapping in the first plurality of mappings, including a feature associated with each mapping in the testing plan.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first software application is a firs

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Farrell Terry
• Doyle Darren
• Mowatt David

Classifications

• G06F11/3672

  Test management · CPC title

• G06F11/302

  where the computing system component is a software system · CPC title

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G06F11/3409

  for performance assessment · CPC title

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title