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Alex Tcherniakhovski

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43 from 10 Mar 2005 to 2 Aug 2012
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2012 12

  1. Using PostSharp in FIM Synchronization rules to reduce code complexity, and improve readability.
  2. Programmatically confirming projection and join operation in FIM Synchronization Service during integration testing
  3. Testing with Entity Framework dbContext, and NoTracking option
  4. Sample C# code to invoke execution of a run profile on Forefront Identity Server Synchronization Service
  5. How to set Active Directory Password from Java application
  6. Sample C# code to create SHA1 Salted (SSHA) password hashes for OpenLDAP
  7. Sample code to query OpenLDAP directory via .NET System.DirectoryServices.Protocols
  8. Configuring OpenLDAP pass-through authentication to Active Directory
  9. Detecting cross-nested groups in Active Directory with SSIS and SQL
  10. Debuggin ASP.NET application in IIS - building development environment
  11. Reporting on privileged Active Directory accounts with SQL Server
  12. Extracting object ownership information from Active Directory into SQL

2011 11

  1. Extracting data from multiple Active Directory Domains
  2. Extracting data from FIM Synchronization Service Run Profile log
  3. Correlating Active Directory accounts with their corresponding HR records in the absence of unique identifiers
  4. Establishing Federation Trust
  5. Building a test claims-aware ASP.NET application and integrating it with ADFS 2.0 Security Token Service (STS)
  6. Installing a stand-alone ADFS Service
  7. Publishing Claims Aware Web Applications via Unified Access Gateway (UAG) SP1
  8. Active Directory Data from Extract Load and Transform (ETL) perspective
  9. Installing AD Connection Manager and AD Source components
  10. Imaging Windows 2008 Server
  11. Exploring Outlook Live Synchronization

2007 7

  1. Sample .NET code that retrieves data stored in a SharePoint list
  2. .NET Helper Class for managment of Oracle User and Role objects
  3. Using data parameters with Oracle Data Provider for .NET
  4. Utility to load Active Directory with sample data and introduce incremental changes
  5. Certificate auto-enrollment configuration and certificate template version
  6. Sample Java application that retrieves group membership of an Active Directory user account.
  7. Active Directory Schema Design Considerations and Auxiliary Classes

2006 11

  1. A PRACTICAL SCENARIO OF USING EXPORT_PASSWORD ATTRIBUTE
  2. Improving Import Performance of MIIS Extensible Management Agent (extMA)
  3. Script to populate Active Directory with test accounts
  4. Dealing with “System.InvalidOperationException: Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute” error message in provisioning code.
  5. UNIX/LINUX Kerberos Authentication from the point of view of Windows Administrators
  6. How to interpret encryption types definitions in krb5kdc.log on UNIX KDC, during configuration of trust relationship between MIT V5 Realm and Active Directory
  7. Very practical example of using MapAttributesForJoin Method
  8. Unable to locate required client software error message during configuration of MIIS Oracle Management Agent
  9. Extensible MA and Data Source Systems that auto-generate anchor attributes
  10. Unable to login to SharePoint Central Administration Site during installation of SharePoint in Farm configuration
  11. How to convert objectSID value in Active Directory from binary form to string (SDDL representation)

2005 2

  1. Utilizing new features of MIIS SP1 for dealing with organizations where employees may have multiple jobs and work at multiple locations
  2. Provisioning to Novell eDirectory using MIIS: Setting initial eDirectory Password