As detailed in a prior post, Microsoft is adding AI features to Microsoft 365. As the new features are now being tested, with a wider role out scheduled, it is time to get ready. GenCare’s awesome technical staff can help you get ready for what’s coming. I thought it would be helpful to summarize the […]
Yesterday, Microsoft released a statement on a new extremely critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Outlook on Windows machines, which they assigned a severity score of 9.8 out of 10. This is a severe unpatched exploit that is being exploited in the wild What makes this exploit so dangerous is that it only requires the email to […]
AI is Coming to Microsoft Apps Rental of Software While it’s true that AI applications have the potential to greatly improve efficiency and accuracy, it’s important to keep in mind that the technology is constantly evolving and improving. This means that an application that is considered state-of-the-art today may become outdated in very quickly. What […]
New Features (Teams Mostly) Microsoft has been busy rolling out new features to the Microsoft 365 platform. Most of these are in Teams. Lists, Forms and OneDrive new features could be viewed as “not-Teams”. Only the OneDrive “Dark Mode” and Lists “iOS App” updates are clearly not going to be used in Teams. Most of […]
Microsoft Teams helps employees do more, no matter where they work. General Networks helps setup, learn and use Teams. Work from Home (WFH) is easy when Teams is your WFH platform! The modern workplace is everywhere. In the office. Out of the office. On the road. An increasing number of American workers work remotely at […]
If you have been following my blog you will know I’ve been enjoying using FindTime for years. I was quite upset when it got canceled and I was really happy when FindTime was returned to service at https://findtime.microsoft.com/. While it looks like you still need to install it there, it seems the backend is now […]
“When both Google and Microsoft are recommending the same thing, it’s probably a good time to start following their advice.” – ZDNet With the “big 3” in agreement, it’s time to listen. Apple no longer makes it optional. Microsoft says it stops 99.9% of hack attempts and requires it for any Microsoft Partner with […]
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 […]
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 […]