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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas Cloward, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Xiaoxi Tan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Cloward, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Xiaoxi Tan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A configuration management and monitoring system may use a hierarchical knowledge base to identify configuration settings, resolve conflicts between configuration settings, and implement and monitor the configuration settings for one or more devices in a network environment. The system may produce a file that may be consumed by an application and with which the application may be configured to conform to the configuration settings. The system may also produce a set of settings that may be used to automate deployment and monitor compliance with the settings.