Man Tan Nguyen

US Patent:

20080059123, Mar 6, 2008

Filed:

Aug 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/468204

Inventors:

Mark Estberg - Seattle WA, US
John Howie - Seattle WA, US
Man Nguyen - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 19/00
G06F 17/40

US Classification:

702188, 702127, 702182, 702186, 340500, 340540, 705 1, 705 7, 705 11

Abstract:

A compliance management system aligns data used to determine technical compliance of a computer system with business groups associated with the computer system. An operator may configure target compliance information, identify target computers to test for compliance, schedule compliance checks and manage ongoing compliance checks through a user interface. After receiving target compliance information and scheduling information, the compliance management system automatically scans the host systems for evidence, determines a state of compliance from the evidence, and may provide reports and other information to an operator. Once the compliance state for a business group is determined, compliance state information can be reported. Compliance state information can be provided in different formats based on the intended recipient of the report.