Microsoft enlists customers to improve servers
BetaNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft is asking customers to do their part to improve its software. The company is seeking to reward volunteers who tested out the Web-based Microsoft Reliability Service (MRS). Through this service, network administrators can monitor the uptime and availability of their servers, as well as better identify the causes of unplanned downtime.
According to a statement sent out to Redmond's stable of beta testers, "MRS works by collecting and analyzing data from the event logs of customers' servers, and then generating reports that can be studied and used to optimize server availability and reliability."