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US5708812:
Method and apparatus for Migrating from a source domain network controller to a target domain network controller
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Van Dyke, Clifford P.; Bellevue, WA
Swift, Michael M.; Bellevue, WA
Logan, Keith W.; Kirkland, WA
Misra, Pradyumna K.; Issaquah, WA
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| Assignee: |
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-01-13
/ 1996-01-18
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| Application Number: |
US1996000588344
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06F 9/44;
Core:
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IPC-7:
G06F 17/60;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F9/44G;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
717/171;
705/001;
707/009;
707/203;
726/017;
Original:
395/712;
395/201;
395/609;
395/619;
395/186;
395/500;
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| Field of Search: |
395/712,201,609,619,186,500
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-01-18 |
US1996000588344 |
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| Abstract: |
A method and apparatus are described for facilitating the migration of accounts from a source domain to a target domain in a computer network without affecting the capability of users and services associated with the source domain to access source domain resources after the users' and services' accounts have been migrated to the target domain. Migrating source domain accounts is facilitated by a dual-identity Domain Controller having simultaneous access to replicating mechanisms of both the source domain and the target domain. When accounts are migrated to a directory service of objects for the target domain, the accounts are modified to include security information defining access rights of the migrated accounts within the target domain. Security information relating to an account's access rights in the source domain is preserved in the migrated account stored in the target domain directory service of objects databases.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Kim, Kenneth S.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A dual-member domain controller for a computer network having a network source domain mode, a separate and distinctly identified network target domain mode, and a set of source domain accounts associated with the network source domain mode, the dual-member domain controller comprising a request processor for receiving and processing network requests from users, and a target domain accounts database for storing account information associated with the network target domain mode; and operating simultaneously in two modes of operation: a source domain operating mode for facilitating transferring account information for the set of source domain accounts to the target domain accounts database, the transferred account information facilitating the creation by the dual-member domain controller of a set of migrated source domain accounts associated with the network target domain corresponding to the set of source domain accounts, and for responding to requests from users associated with the source domain accounts; and a target domain operating mode for responding to requests from users associated with target domain accounts.
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