SharePoint; from an Engineer's Perspective

Dodged a bullet!

Ever get that feeling like everything is going to blow up, where you start thinking it's better to...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 11/06/2017

Speaking at PowerShell Asia Conference

I will be speaking at the PowerShell Asia Conference 27-28 October 2017.  I am very excited to be...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 09/07/2017

European SharePoint Conference

  I'm honored to be Speaking at the European SharePoint Conference 2013. I'm speaking at the...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 12/06/2012

PowerShell for SharePoint Admins–The REAL Primer–Series #6

This is the sixth entry of my PowerShell for SharePoint Admins series. In this session, we will...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 05/28/2012

PowerShell for SharePoint Admins–The REAL Primer–Series #5

This is the fifth entry of my PowerShell for SharePoint Admins series.  In this session we will...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 05/19/2012

PowerShell for SharePoint Admins–The REAL Primer–Part 3

I gave a talk last weekend at SharePoint Saturday NYC and took a poll. I asked the audience what...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 08/07/2011

PowerShell for SharePoint Admins – The REAL primer PART 2

  OK, so why haven’t I posted the second part in so long?  LIFE.  No other...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 08/02/2011

People still sending you MEGA attachments?

I had a friend come to me and ask how to automatically send attachments to a certain folder as she...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 07/09/2010

PowerShell for SharePoint Admins – The REAL primer PART I

I’m not a developer. I am a straight up ITPro/Admin/Infrastructure guy. Oh, I can code. I just don’t...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 02/14/2010

BPOS – What is it?

A lot of people are asking about Business Productivity Online Services these days. Microsoft is...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 08/04/2009

MOSS Pre-Installation Health Check

I don’t know why I haven’t blogged on this before, but I think its of great value to those who...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 07/21/2009

A Triple Double Upgrade – PART 1

As most know, SharePoint 2010 has reached a few fortunate people in the world for them to get an...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 07/17/2009

Robust Home Network

Amazing the chatter that happens on Twitter these days. Some colleagues of mine @Bfox11b,...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 07/11/2009

My last project while a Microsoft Blue Badge

My former team-mate Bill Baer posted this link today and I thought I would do the same. This was an...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 06/23/2009

Name Resolution and SharePoint

SharePoint uses name resolution to find other servers just like any other application.  But...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 06/04/2009

Claims Based Authentication – An Overview

I thought I would discuss a little about what Claims Auth (ClaimsAuth) is and why its important for...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 06/03/2009

Walk the walk that you talk - PART 2

Setting up a Pre-Production environment (PPE) takes a little planning; IF you want it to be...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 05/01/2008

Walk the walk that you talk - PART 1

So many times you hear "Don't do this in production!  Do this in your Dev or Test...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 03/16/2008

The 5 Commandments of SharePoint Deployments

At Microsoft, one would think that Best Practices are the Rule of Law. So one would think. Being...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 03/05/2008

Why I haven't blogged

I had a discussion with a colleague from the Product Group last night as to why I don't blog often...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 03/02/2008

SharePoint Conference

I am an engineering technologist at Microsoft, for those who didn't already know. My job entails...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 03/02/2008

Documentation

Is it so hard to document what we do? I think so. Otherwise there would be more information out...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 09/22/2007

First post

Well, this is my first attempt to have a purely technical blog. I will cease putting technical...

Author: Rick Taylor_SLKRCK Date: 07/11/2007