Patent ID: 8468352

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for retrieving and using cloud based storage credentials, the method comprising: an act of a cloud interface module of an on premises computer system, which includes one or more processors, receiving account data for a customer that is to utilize resources in an off premises resource cloud; based on receiving the account data, an act of the cloud interface module querying an off premises cloud management infrastructure associated with the off premises resource cloud for a storage credential for a storage account associated with the customer, the query including a portion of the account data for the customer; an act of the cloud interface module receiving the storage credential for the customer's storage account from the off premises cloud management infrastructure; an act of the cloud interface module using the storage credential to store customer data in the customer's data storage within the off premises resource cloud; an act of the cloud interface module using the storage credential to store binary code in the customer's data storage within the off premises resource cloud; and an act of the cloud interface module submitting a command to execute the binary code at the off premises resource cloud to instantiate an instance of a computing service at the off premises resource cloud.