General Networks is the Platinum sponsor of this year’s SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles happening on September 28, 2019. SharePoint Saturday is a free event for the SharePoint and Office 365 community and offers attendees learning and networking opportunities. Plus, it’s a lot of fun! SharePoint experts from around the country will be in attendance to […]
Below is the official announcement that Skype for Business will be “retired” in July of 2021. The newer and more feature rich Teams is replacing Skype for Business. Skype (the free consumer app) will not be affected by this announcement. At General Networks we have migrated ourselves and many customers to Teams and the transition […]
In partnership with Microsoft, General Networks will be leading two free App in a Day (AIAD) workshops in Southern California. These free workshops provide IT and business decision-makers with the skills to build great business apps using Microsoft PowerApps without writing code. […]
The security landscape has changed The truth to security is: Passwords alone can no longer protect your data. If your not using a multi-layer security system your going to get hacked sooner or later. I think everyone has heard that getting hacked can be extremely expensive. But, are you aware that it is also currently […]
As a Microsoft Gold Partner and implementer of SharePoint intranets, we routinely encounter organizations struggling to visualize a great intranet experience in SharePoint. Many are used to older versions of SharePoint and are turned off by the thought of the bland, text-heavy sites of the past. Others are altogether new to SharePoint Online through Office 365 and have never had a centralized […]
New Features Coming to OWA to Compete with Gmail Faster with “Modern Experience” for both email and calendar are the main changes. But there is a lot under the covers. A dark mode is coming (as displayed) too. A snooze feature that will make a message as “unread” at a later date and put it […]
General Networks is proud to announce that we have been named as one of the top providers of business services in the world by Clutch! We are also excited to say that we have been doing well in a few of Clutch’s more competitive categories, their rankings of the best Microsoft Office 365 consultants, Microsoft […]
The Office Configuration Tool can use configs saved in your Office 365 portal. This new feature makes deployment of Office so much easier! Not more XML files to manage. Just setup your configuration and deploy from a URL on the Office Configuration Tool’s command line. Here is how! Be sure to watch the YouTube video […]
Thanks to KnowBe4 for this great policy tip! Firing employees for failing phishing tests can be extremely counterproductive and can damage an organization’s overall security posture. That, at any rate, is what two security experts told Brian Krebs recently, and we agree with them. Companies sometimes think punitive policies will make employees take phishing more […]
If you are currently running SharePoint 2010, 2013 or 2016 in your organization, you know you’ll need to plan your move forward. But to what version? Continue with the on-premise route and upgrade to SharePoint Server 2019? Move to the cloud with SharePoint Online in Office 365? As with any major decision, the answer […]