| US 7,490,142 B2 | ||
| Automatic client management authority assignment | ||
| Deepak Kumar, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Kenneth Mark Osborne, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Daniel N. J. Drew, Bothell, Wash. (US); David C. James, Bothell, Wash. (US); and Michael J. Healy, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 25, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/423,079. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0215751 A1, Oct. 28, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—222 [709/203; 709/217; 713/1; 713/2] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method implemented by a computing device for automatic management authority server assignment, the method comprising:
determining, by a client computing device (“client”), that a site code for receiving policy associated with an enterprise
network has not been configured for the client;
responsive to the determining, requesting, by the client, a directory service to automatically assign a site code to the client,
the directory service defining a namespace for the enterprise network, the site code identifying a sub-region of the enterprise
network and identifying a management authority server through which the client can obtain one or more management service(s),
the client being connected to the sub-region of the enterprise network;
responsive to the requesting, the client receiving the site code from the directory service, wherein the site code is automatically
determined as a function of the sub-region of the enterprise network into which the client has been introduced in an un-configured
state;
communicating, by the client, a request to the management authority server associated with the site code to provide the management
service(s) including a policy to the client; and
responsive to the communicating, receiving the policy.
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