Patent ID: 7490142

Claim:
A method implemented by a computing device for automatic management authority server assignment, the method comprising: determining, by a client computing device (“client”), that a site code for receiving policy associated with an enterprise network has not been configured for the client; responsive to the determining, requesting, by the client, a directory service to automatically assign a site code to the client, the directory service defining a namespace for the enterprise network, the site code identifying a sub-region of the enterprise network and identifying a management authority server through which the client can obtain one or more management service(s), the client being connected to the sub-region of the enterprise network; responsive to the requesting, the client receiving the site code from the directory service, wherein the site code is automatically determined as a function of the sub-region of the enterprise network into which the client has been introduced in an un-configured state; communicating, by the client, a request to the management authority server associated with the site code to provide the management service(s) including a policy to the client; and responsive to the communicating, receiving the policy.