Patent ID: 11960916
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method, comprising:
reconfiguring a network configuration, including:
via at least one processor, changing, in a first virtual machine host executing a first virtual machine, a virtual network configuration for the first virtual machine from a first virtual network to a second virtual network, wherein the first virtual network is a placeholder virtual network, and wherein the first virtual machine is awaiting a full configuration that includes user-specific network settings;
retriggering, at an agent in the first virtual machine and based on changing the virtual network configuration from the first virtual network to the second virtual network, a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to bring the first virtual machine to the second virtual network;
publishing a configuration file to the first virtual machine, wherein the configuration file includes the user-specific network settings; and reconfiguring the first virtual machine in accordance with the configuration file.