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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Ralph Abdo, Sammamish, WA (US);
John Wu, Seattle, WA (US);
Vincent Chang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Theodore L. Michel, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thad Schwebke, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ralph Abdo, Sammamish, WA (US);
John Wu, Seattle, WA (US);
Vincent Chang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Theodore L. Michel, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thad Schwebke, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A network is audited by running task programs and evaluating the results of the task programs. Task programs are tools that are configured to retrieve information about a particular network device. A service is arranged to coordinate the scheduling, execution, and data collection and aggregation of each task program over disparate networks such as multiple domains. Each task program executes at a scheduled time and provides results to a parser. The parser formats the results and provides the formatted data to the service. The service stores the collected data in a database. A client can schedule and/or review the results of audits by communicating with the service. The collected data can be compared and filtered according to rule-based templates that define acceptable network device configurations. Reports can be generated based on the templates such that a client can evaluate results from task programs executed over the entire network.