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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Nigel Cain, Redmond, WA (US);
Andy Hopper, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dileep Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Bahadir Onalan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ashvin Sanghvi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Pritam Sharma, Sammamish, WA (US);
Giedrius Zizys, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Van Hyning, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
R. Syam Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrea Westerinen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Nigel Cain, Redmond, WA (US);
Andy Hopper, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dileep Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Bahadir Onalan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ashvin Sanghvi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Pritam Sharma, Sammamish, WA (US);
Giedrius Zizys, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Van Hyning, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
R. Syam Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrea Westerinen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A change management system for managing configurable devices such as computer systems uses a set of rules for validating change requests, linking change requests, and determining inconsistencies within various configuration states. Analysis and validation may happen at the time the change request is created with respect to the current environment, as well as analysis and validation with respect to other pending requests and proposals, and historical actual states. The maintenance of accurate and consistent state and change information may enable various automated tools to analyze and manipulate change requests, including analysis of future desired states, historical actual states, pending change requests, and current state. The change request may be processed through an approval cycle all the while being incorporated into a scheduling system that may be used to detect inconsistent, illogical or harmful configurations in potential future configurations.