Abstract: Methods and systems for managing workloads in a distributed computing environment are disclosed. The distributed computing environment may include dedicated infrastructure for performing the workloads and on-demand infrastructure that may be used to perform the workloads with attached increment cost for performance of workloads. It may be preferable to host the workloads with the dedicated infrastructure. However, the dedicated infrastructure may not always have sufficient computing resources to host all of the workloads that are to be performed over time. The disclosed methods and system may provide for workload management by automating workload instantiation, migration, and resource expansion of dedicated infrastructure.

Abstract: A system for providing users with an indication of files that are protected or licensed while a user is executing within the embedded partition set forth. The system enables users to quickly boot into an embedded environment and have an indication of all of their media files, whether the content is accessible via the embedded environment or the content is protected or licensed content stored within another partition. Thus, the user receives an indication that the protected or licensed content is still on their computer and that the user cannot access the protected or licensed content via the embedded environment.