7 US patent applications published on 21 January 2016 and assigned to Microsoft
| 1 | 20160021246 | SECURED COMMUNICATION VIA LOCATION AWARENESS |
| 2 | 20160021197 | Self-Extending Cloud |
| 3 | 20160021095 | Protection from Unfamiliar Login Locations |
| 4 | 20160020961 | DETERMINING SERVER UTILIZATION |
| 5 | 20160019237 | REVERSE IP DATABASES USING DATA INDICATIVE OF USER LOCATION |
| 6 | 20160019098 | Server farm management |
| 7 | 20160019004 | VIRTUAL DISK STORAGE TECHNIQUES |
