Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Syed A Mehdi

Scott C Cottrille

Peter David Waxman

Gregory Kostal

Rushmi U Malaviarachchi

Yuhui Zhong

Kumar B Parambir

Abhijat A Kanade

Patricia Priest

Li Ren

One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.

Distribution of information protection policies to client machines

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Syed A Mehdi