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 […]
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 […]
Microsoft is now saying passwords are not good security. What is the problem? 1) People will write down passwords if they are too complex.2) Hackers have great tools to get uninformed people to give up their passwords unintentionally.3) Even the best passwords can be hacked. What are the solutions?1) Stop forcing passwords expirations and replace […]
If you using Teams for PSTN Conferencing (Telephone Dial In), you have probably noticed that anyone that is not a member of your Office 365 tenant must be manually admitted from the Lobby by someone who is part of your company. Skype for Business meeting allow the meeting creator to turn this off for a […]
What’s New in SharePoint Communication Sites – Branding, Layouts and Customizations This past January, SharePoint Saturday-San Diego attendees were treated to a number of informative and inspiring presentations and the exchange ideas with colleagues and Microsoft MVP’s. Leading experts in the SharePoint Community were in attendance from Southern CA and throughout the US. With temperatures in […]
Have you ever wanted to share your iPhone or iPad screen in a meeting? Microsoft Teams allows you to do so. Even from the beach! So get ready for that meeting and don’t forget the sunscreen! Here is how: iOS screen share from the beach Original Post by Matt Soseman
Looking for a Microsoft Ignite 2018 recap? At the end of September, I once again attended Microsoft Ignite in Orlando. If you’re not familiar with Ignite, it’s a week-long conference focused on Microsoft’s enterprise products – Windows, Azure, Exchange, SQL, Office, SharePoint, Office 365, and the Microsoft cloud.  As a long-time Office 365 and SharePoint […]