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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Daniel Ward, Renton, WA (US);
Shantanu Sardesai, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kerwin Medina, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ravikiran Chintalapudi, Bothel, WA (US);
Daniel Ward, Renton, WA (US);
Shantanu Sardesai, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kerwin Medina, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ravikiran Chintalapudi, Bothel, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of provisioning an unknown computer system is disclosed. The method includes detecting a computer system to be provisioned, determining that the computer system is unknown to a configuration management system, and identifying a global identifier and a digital certificate to be used to provision the computer system. The method further includes communicating the global identifier and the digital certificate from a network based boot strap server or from boot strap media to the computer system prior to loading an operating system onto the computer system.