Remotely managing application settings using hash value comparison

A system for remotely managing settings of applications, the system comprising:

• one or more data processors;
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• one or more computer-readable storage media containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
• receiving a communication from an application on a managed device, the received communication comprising an application identifier of the application and a client-side hash value of a first set of settings of the application;
• identifying a server-side hash value of a second set of settings for the application using the application identifier in response to the receiving of the communication, the second set of settings comprising configuration instructions specific to the application identifier and at least one attribute indicating a user identifier or a group of managed devices, wherein the configuration instructions were modified, prior to receiving the communication, in response to input provided via an administrator device associated with the application to test user behavior in association with the second set of settings, the administrator device being separate from the managed device;
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• based on a difference of the received client-side hash value and the server-side hash value, transmitting, to the application on the managed device, a key-value pair representing a setting associated with the second set of settings to replace a first setting associated with the first set of settings causing the application to apply the configuration instructions to modify a configuration of the application.

One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method for remotely managing settings of applications, the method comprising:

• receiving a communication from an application on a managed device, the received communication comprising an application identifier of the application and a client-side hash value of a first set of settings of the application;
• identifying a server-side hash value of a second set of settings for the application using the application identifier in response to the receiving of the communication, the second set of settings comprising configuration instructions specific to the application identifier and at least one attribute indicating a user identifier or a group of managed devices, wherein the configuration instructions were modified, prior to receiving the communication, in response to input provided via an administrator device associated with the application to test user behavior in association with the second set of settings, the administrator device being separate from the managed device;
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• based on a difference of the received client-side hash value and the server-side hash value, transmitting, to the application on the managed device, a key-value pair representing a setting associated with the second set of settings to replace a first setting associated with the first set of settings causing the application to apply the configuration instructions to modify a configuration of the application.