Abstract: A management portal receives an input indicating that a management operation is to be performed on a service. The management portal dynamically hosts a management interface for performing the management operation on different versions of the service.

Abstract: A management portal receives an input indicating that a management operation is to be performed on a service. The management portal dynamically hosts a management interface for performing the management operation on different versions of the service.

Abstract: A system and method directed to capturing the structure of data models using entity patterns is provided wherein an entity pattern is an abstraction, for example in the MICROSOFT BUSINESS FRAMEWORK® (MBF), that surfaces in the model editor of the framework at the root level and consists of one or more entity roles that together define a structural pattern of a model. The entity pattern may be considered as an über-model, or a model template for a model. Prescriptive rules are added to the design of entities, required properties and relations to other entities (entity roles). Applications of the entity patterns are validated at design time. The runtime framework supports any applied pattern and invokes the pattern specific code. It is a general advantage that the runtime operation is model driven and interprets the model data at runtime. The application and usage of a pattern is part of the model of the application/software program.

Abstract: A system and method directed to capturing the structure of data models using entity patterns is provided wherein an entity pattern is an abstraction, for example in the MICROSOFT BUSINESS FRAMEWORK®(MBF), that surfaces in the model editor of the framework at the root level and consists of one or more entity roles that together define a structural pattern of a model. The entity pattern may be considered as an über-model, or a model template for a model. Prescriptive rules are added to the design of entities, required properties and relations to other entities (entity roles). Applications of the entity patterns are validated at design time. The runtime framework supports any applied pattern and invokes the pattern specific code. It is a general advantage that the runtime operation is model driven and interprets the model data at runtime. The application and usage of a pattern is part of the model of the application/software program.

Abstract: The present invention provides flexible implementation of business logic in a business application. General and reusable business logic is implemented such that customized solutions for business applications are easier to develop. Binding properties in business entities to various logic implementations is utilized to reuse the business logic. Parameters can be set up in metadata that control the behavior of the business logic implementations.