Patent ID: 11971993
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a first storage device storing a boot manifest, the boot manifest comprising a manifest type flag;
a second storage device storing a counter value; and
a microcontroller in communication with the first storage device and the second storage device, the microcontroller to:
determine a manifest type of the boot manifest based on the manifest type flag;
determine a tenancy mode based on a parity of the counter value;
execute a first boot flow when the manifest type is a first manifest type and the

tenancy mode is a first tenancy mode;
execute a second boot flow when the manifest type is the first manifest type and

the tenancy mode is a second tenancy mode;
execute a third boot flow when the manifest type is a second manifest type and the

tenancy mode is the first tenancy mode; and
execute a fourth boot flow when the manifest type is the second manifest type and

the tenancy mode is the second tenancy mode.