The Compass365 division of General Networks is this year’s Platinum sponsor of the newly rebranded Office 365 Saturday in San Diego. This event will take place at the Microsoft offices in La Jolla. Formerly known as SharePoint Saturday, this exciting event is happening on January 25, 2020. Office 365 Saturday is a free event for the SharePoint and Office 365 community and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
General Networks is officially the Platinum sponsor of the SharePoint Saturday San Diego event happening on January 19th 2019. The event is expected to be one of the largest SharePoint Saturdays of the year with guest speakers flying in from all over the world to share their expertise in the SharePoint and Office 365 space. […]
SharePoint Server 2019 will be generally available later this month (October 2018) Unlike the 2016 release, SharePoint Server 2019 is bringing a wide variety of new features to the on-premise platform. Many of these features have been rolled out to SharePoint Online customers over the last two years, so they are well tested and mature. […]
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 […]