Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Luke Jared Lenhart

Vijay Gajjala

Stephane Plante

Timothy Arthur Gill

Pierre N Martin

James T Jacoby

Craig Alan Gick

Ajay S Kang

Richard K Costleigh

Craig A Gick

Embodiments are disclosed for managing and providing access to a collection of digital resources. One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a request to access a resource for a principal and determining one or more principal groups to which the principal belongs. The method further comprises obtaining resource set membership information indicating a resource set to which the resource belongs, and obtaining resource set access policy information for the resource set to which the resource belongs. The method yet further comprises determining whether the principal is allowed to access the resource based on the principal group membership information and the resource set access policy information, and, if the principal is allowed to access the resource, then permitting access to the resource by the principal.

Discretionary policy management in cloud-based environment

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Woodinville, WA, United States of America

Luke Jared Lenhart