1. At a server computer system in a computer networking environment comprising a plurality of computing systems, a method for providing an online service configured to function as a service delivery platform where the online service includes a plurality of service delivery platform components, the method comprising: an act of configuring an online service to function as a service delivery platform, the online service comprising a plurality of service delivery platform components configured to process inputs received from one or more services that are to be hosted by the online service; an act of receiving an indication that a service is to be hosted using the online service, the indication including at least one service configured for hosting by the online service and at least one portion of use information indicating how the service delivery platform components are to be used to host the service for various computer clients; an act of processing the portion of use information received with the indication to configure the service delivery platform components in an appropriate manner for hosting the service; and an act of the online service providing the hosted service to one or more computer clients in the appropriate manner as determined by the accessed use information.