Raymond Tishenko

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Raymond Tishenko

Raymond Tishenko

I'm addicted to coffee. There, I said it.

📍 Vancouver, BC https://www.tishenko.com

Azure Active Directory Domain Services

Working with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) deployments always presents a challenge of Active Directory Domain Services: namely, what to do for the AD services in the cloud. To date, we have had a few options each of which required running Domain Controllers in the cloud, with the additional maintenance

Speed up SharePoint patching

The challenge Patching SharePoint is a process not to be undertaken without planning and preparation, and given the frequency of errors and failed upgrades, is not for the faint of heart. One of the challenges is that the patch process causes an outage regardless of any High-Availability configuration you may

Windows 10 and PPTP VPN split tunnelling

Split Tunneling Configuring a VPN connection to allow split tunnelling allows traffic not destined for the remote corporate network, specifically internet traffic, to be sent out the local network gateway. This often results in faster browsing and permits access to networks routable locally. > It may also be a security

Sync Mobile Phone from Azure Active Directory to SharePoint Online using PowerShell

Nearly every organization needs a People Search / Employee Directory, and the usefulness of these applications is directly proportional to the data available for search and display. In SharePoint Online and Office 365, the synchronization of values from Azure Active Directory (AAD) to the SharePoint User Profile Service Application (UPA) is

Microsoft Rights Management Services departmental templates now available

Recently, the Azure Rights Management Team announced the availability of departmental templates [http://blogs.technet.com/b/rms/archive/2015/06/08/announcement-general-availability-of-departmental-templates.aspx] - this is great news for organizations that have implemented (or are considering) Rights Management as part of their information management strategy. The Rights Management Services

AutoSPInstaller - an invaluable third-party SharePoint tool

SharePoint is an extremely flexible platform but it doesn't do everything, nor does it come with a full suite of management tools covering all scenarios - that's why the third-party vendor ecosystem exists. As I've worked with SharePoint focused on the Infrastructure side of

Microsoft announces data centres in Canada

Last week, Microsoft announced [http://reimagine.microsoft.ca/en-ca/] two data centres coming to Canada - this is HUGE news for Canadian customers that have been considering the cloud but holding off due to data sovereignty concerns. In a relatively short timeframe, this one blocker to adopting Microsoft cloud-based computing

Hello World

Given this is a brand-new blog, here's the obligatory introductory post: Hello World! To be certain, there's a good possibility the frequency of posting becomes nearly zero in a short time, but I'll be doing my best to ensure this is not the case.