US 12,001,871 B2
Virtual machine provisioning and directory service management
Prasanna Chromepet Padmanabhan, Redmond, WA (US); Somesh Goel, Newcastle, WA (US); Jun Shi, Redmond, WA (US); and Scott Alan Manchester, Moses Lake, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,050.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413885 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [H04L 67/141 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
granting a subscriber client access to a cloud service-based resource group within a subscriber controlled computing environment, the subscriber controlled computing environment having a virtual network;
establishing, via the virtual network, a direct network connection to a domain controller in the subscriber controlled computing environment;
extending the virtual network to a subscriber client virtual machine in a producer cloud service;
joining the subscriber client virtual machine with the virtual network; and
providing access, by the subscriber client via the subscriber controlled computing environment and virtual network, to the subscriber client virtual machine.