Patent ID: 11902327
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the simulating further comprises:
selecting a designated state from a plurality of states that are available to be applied to a specified access control policy in response to instructions that are received via a user interface, the plurality of states including a first state in which the access requests are not to be compared against the specified access control policy and the specified access control policy is not to be enforced with regard to the actual sign-in processes, a second state in which at least a subset of the access requests is to be compared against the specified access control policy and the specified access control policy is to be enforced with regard to the actual sign-in processes, and a third state in which at least a subset of the access requests is to be compared against the specified access control policy and metadata associated with the actual sign-in processes are to be generated instead of enforcing the specified access control policy with regard to the actual sign-in processes;
wherein generating the metadata comprises:
generating the metadata instead of enforcing the specified access control policy with regard to the actual sign-in processes based at least in part on the third state being selected as the designated state from the plurality of states to be applied to the specified access control policy.