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Active directory object management methods and systems

  • US 8,255,507 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2009
  • Issued: 08/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing, by a web server subsystem that is part of a first domain, a web-based interface for display on a client device;

    receiving, by the web server subsystem, a request via the web-based interface from an end-user to perform a management activity that creates or modifies active directory object;

    acquiring, by the web server subsystem, authorization from an object security subsystem to ensure that the end-user is authorized to perform the management activity that creates or modifies the active directory object;

    transmitting, by the web server subsystem, the request to perform the management activity that creates or modifies the active directory object to a web services subsystem that is part of a second domain independent of the first domain;

    performing, by the web services subsystem that is part of the second domain, the management activity that creates or modifies the active directory object; and

    updating in real-time, by the web services subsystem that is part of the second domain, an active directory maintained by a domain controller subsystem in accordance with the performed management activity such that the updated active directory is accessible to the client device substantially immediately upon completion of the real-time update.

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