US Patent 10156842 Device enrollment in a cloud service using an authenticated application

In various example embodiments, systems and methods for administering machine access to a cloud service are presented. An edge manager device in a cloud computing environment can establish a first client for a first application that is executed externally to the cloud computing environment. The edge manager device can provide a first request via a first network to an authorization service application to obtain client identification and client secret information for use by the first client. The edge manager device can receive the client identification and client secret information from the authorization service application via the first network. The client identification and client secret information can be selected by the authorization service application to permit later data access to the edge manager device by the first client. The edge manager device can provide the client identification and client secret information to the first client via a second network.