Jonathan D Hutchinson

US Patent:

20120240048, Sep 20, 2012

Filed:

Mar 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/051722

Inventors:

Dominique Fortier - Issaquah WA, US
Jonathan Hutchinson - Snohomish WA, US
Artem Zhurid - Bellevue WA, US
Tobiasz Zielinski - Monroe WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/177
G06F 3/048
G06F 9/46

US Classification:

715736, 718100

Abstract:

Techniques for managing a variety of types of client devices from a device management platform are provided herein. At least one client device is selected to have a management task performed, such as an imaging task. The client device(s) is/are coupled to a client administration system that administers the client device(s). A deployment job is generated for the management task. A begin request is transmitted to a plug-in module of the client administration system to begin the deployment job. The plug-in module is customized to be capable of managing received deployment jobs for the client administration system. The plug-in module enables the deployment job to be performed on the client device(s) in response to the begin request.