Patent ID: 11882106
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a first computing service in a distributed computing system, the method comprising:
identifying an authentication scheme supported by the first computing service in the distributed computing system, the distributed computing system including the first computing service, a second computing service, and an authentication service;
generating an authentication request for a security token configured to authenticate the first computing service to the second computing service in the distributed computing system, the authentication request including an indicator that indicates the authentication scheme supported by the first computing service;
sending the authentication request to the authentication service;
performing an authentication process that authenticates the first computing service with the authentication service, wherein the authentication process is performed according to the authentication scheme supported by the first computing service based on the authentication service matching the authentication scheme supported by the first computing service to a corresponding authentication scheme supported by the authentication service;
receiving a response to the authentication request, the response including the security token from the authentication service based on the authentication of the first computing service with the authentication service; and
authenticating the first computing service to the second computing service using the security token.