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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
Keith S. Brintzenhofe, Redmond, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Abhijat Kanade, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
Keith S. Brintzenhofe, Redmond, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Abhijat Kanade, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for a centrally accessible policy repository. Protection policies for protecting resources within an organization are stored at a central policy repository. Thus, an administrator can centrally create, maintain, and manage resource protection polices for all of the organizational units within an organization. Accordingly, resources consumed when performing these protection policy related operations is significantly reduced. Additionally, since protection policies are centrally located, there is increased likelihood of being able to consistently apply an organization's protection policies within different organizational units, even when protection policies change.