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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Vij Rajarajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Kishnan Nedungadi, Rio De Janeiro, BR;
Casey Kiernan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brijesh Bhatia, Redmond, WA (US);
Mel Macmahon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevin Hodge, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vij Rajarajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Kishnan Nedungadi, Rio De Janeiro, BR;
Casey Kiernan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brijesh Bhatia, Redmond, WA (US);
Mel MacMahon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevin Hodge, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for task-based management of a plurality of resources in a network environment. The system uses web technology, preferably XML-technology, to receive and store information related to back-end resources and to provide a framework by which client computer systems can manage the plurality of back-end resources in a uniform manner. The method for managing a plurality of resources relates to receiving information from a resource related to a task for an object type and then receiving information from another resource related to a different task, but where the different task is associated with the same object type. The method then stores the information received from the second resource in association with the information received from the first resource. Next, the method receives a request to perform the management task in relation to the first managed object and determines which resource to call in response to the request; and then sends a task request to the determined resource to perform the management task.