	US 12,015,606 B2
	Virtual machine provisioning and directory service management
Yan Zhang, Suzhou (CN); Xuling Luo, Suzhou (CN); Honglu Chen, Suzhou (CN); Yizhong Wu, Shanghai (CN); Christian Cruz Montoya, San Diego, CA (US); Jun Shi, Redmond, WA (US); Na Li, Bellevue, WA (US); Prasanna Chromepet Padmanabhan, Redmond, WA (US); and Somesh Goel, Newcastle, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,542.
Application 17/373,542 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/102637, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417240 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)

CPC H04L 63/0853 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

granting a tenant administrator client machine access to a cloud hosted tenant service joined to a directory service;

receiving, at the cloud hosted tenant service, a request for a bulk token, the request being received from the tenant administrator client machine;

obtaining, in response to the request, the bulk token from the directory service;

obtaining, at the cloud hosted tenant service, an identifier of an authorized tenant client of the cloud hosted tenant service;

provisioning, in response to obtaining the identifier of the authorized tenant client, a tenant client virtual machine in a cloud service for the authorized tenant client in accordance with a specified provisioning package associated with the bulk token; and

joining, in response to the provisioning, the tenant client virtual machine to the directory service.