System and method for managing network connected devices

A system for managing network connected devices, comprising:

• at least one hardware processor adapted for producing, for managing a plurality of network connected devices, a plurality of unique device descriptors, each describing one of the plurality of network connected devices, by:
• for each of a plurality of device descriptors, each having one or more domain device identifiers, each identifier associating the device descriptor with one of a plurality of management domains, and each having a plurality of supported actions, at least one supported action thereof selected from a group consisting of:
• retrieve a file from storage of a network connected device, store a file on storage of a network connected device, delete a file from storage of a network connected device, execute a textual executable software object, execute a binary executable software object, and modify a hardware configuration:
• for each of the plurality of management domains not associated with the device descriptor:
• generating an instruction to execute on a network connected device described by the device descriptor a domain identification query according to the descriptor's plurality of supported actions;
• determining a new domain device identifier in at least one message received from the network connected device in response to the network connected device executing the domain identification query according to the descriptor's plurality of supported actions;
• identifying in the plurality of device descriptors a second device descriptor having a domain device identifier equal to the new domain device identifier;
• and
• reducing an amount of device descriptors in the plurality of device descriptors describing the network connected device by merging the device descriptor with the second device descriptor.