Restricting Version Updates for Custom Installations in a Multiservice Framework

Abstract

Disclosed methods and systems leverage a multiservice framework to provision a host system with capabilities indicated in a platform capability manifest (PCM). Responsive to detecting an identification of a particular capability as a restricted capability updates of the restricted capability are blocked. The particular capability and a version of the capability may be identified within a restriction manifest, thereby ensuring that the specified version of the capability will not be altered by conventional OS and OEM update services. The restricted capability may be a hardware component of the host and the restriction may prevent updates to a device driver of the component. The restriction manifest may be created by an IT administrator and delivered to the multiservice framework. Exemplary implementations of software services enabling this managed restriction functionality is also disclosed.

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