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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Piyush Joshi, Redmond, WA (US);
Akil M. Merchant, Kirland, WA (US);
Octavian T. Ureche, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jack Smith Richins, Bothell, WA (US);
Soumya D. Pani, Bothell, WA (US);
Asad Yaqoob, Redmond, WA (US);
Salil Bhagurkar, Redmond, WA (US);
Preston Derek Adam, Redmond, WA (US);
Dayi Zhou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for activating data encryption at rest in a storage device server in a cloud storage. In particular, an encryption orchestrator orchestrates activation processes through encryption controllers that controls policies and privileges to access data in storage device servers. To reduce a risk of a data loss and time loss in activations, the encryption controller pre-checks a storage device server for anomalies in configurations in network connectivity, encryption keys, and security certificates before starting the activation. Furthermore, the encryption controller performs a health-check of the storage device servers to detect anomalies that require restarting the storage device servers. The health-check reduces a risk of data loss when the storage device servers become unable restart itself. User interface tools may be provided to visually identify and manage encryption statuses and policies of the encryption controllers, the storage device servers, and data storage devices.