Patent ID: 8738895

Claim:
A method of testing a change in a configuration of a computing environment, the method comprising the steps of: a computer receiving a first user identifier (ID) of a first user in the computing environment, the first user ID received from a second user logged into the computing environment using a second user ID specifying the second user as having an authority of an administrator in the computing environment; the computer determining a first set of one or more configurable attributes of the first user ID; the computer generating a temporary user ID having a second set of one or more configurable attributes so that values of respective configurable attributes in the first and second sets of configurable attributes are identical; the computer receiving the change in the configuration of the computing environment; the computer associating the change in the configuration with the temporary user ID and with no other user ID; based on the change in the configuration being associated with the temporary user ID and with no other user ID, the computer performing a simulation by tracking modifications to data records made by the temporary user ID and based on the change in the configuration, the change in the configuration not affecting the first and second user IDs; and after a completion of the simulation, the computer undoing the modifications to the data records.