Distributed services authorization management

A system for providing authorization to a user for a distributed service stored in a distributed memory store, comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least some of the one or more processing units, perform a method comprising:
• accessing an authorization document stored in the distributed memory store;
• and
• responsive to determining that a resource section for the distributed service is not present in the authorization document:
• creating the resource section in the authorization document for the distributed service such that merely one or more instances of the authorization document that are comprised in a location where one or more resources of the distributed service are partitioned comprise the resource section and instances of the authorization document that are comprised in a second location where at least one resource of the distributed service is not partitioned do not comprise the resource section, the one or more resources not comprising at least some of the resource section;
• and
• loading resource authorization data into the resource section.

A computer readable storage medium, excluding signals, comprising instructions that when executed, perform a method for providing authorization to a user for a distributed service stored in a distributed memory store, the method comprising:

• accessing an authorization document stored in the distributed memory store;
• and
• responsive to determining that a resource section for the distributed service is not present in the authorization document:
• creating the resource section in the authorization document for the distributed service such that merely one or more instances of the authorization document that are comprised in a location where one or more resources of the distributed service are partitioned comprise the resource section and instances of the authorization document that are comprised in a second location where at least one resource of the distributed service is not partitioned do not comprise the resource section.