Sivadam Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) I just booked my place on one of the UAT Sessions for System Manager 7. It's due for release with the SIMS Summer Upgrade! Not that I am guaranteed a place of course. Though I have been wrestling with Sysman6 for many, many years! Edited February 15, 2011 by Sivadam 1
zag Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 I paid for a course on system manager at capita and it was an utter waste of money, just teaching me how to do things that should be easy but because system manager was so far behind in terms of development it was very hard. Here's hoping they actually simplify the user roles and permissions. Make it easy to attach active directory accounts to sims users And let you press a letter on the keyboard to jump to a user I would be happy with that after waiting 6 years for an update to System Manager.
Sivadam Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 We are all frustrated with Sysman6. I attended a meeting a good many years ago when the possibility of an upgrade was discussed. Unfortunately it led to nothng at that time. I think that Capita wanted to upgrade EO6 first, but that has proved impossible because of the immense number of changes that keep happening re. exams nationally! Unfortunately (though I know nothing about the new system at the moment) I don't think it can be anything else but complicated, bearing in mind the number of fields of data that it has to handle and the varied and different ways that all the SIMS schools will wish to use it. I just need it to be a bit more logical!
Sivadam Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 Hopefully I will get a place on the UAT to find out. It will be a total rebuild from the current v6 to real .net v7.
Sivadam Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 It's on the SIMS roadmap but the functionality is never published on there!
matt40k Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Summers about June time... just be my luck they'll release it and I'll be supporting some other out-of-date product. Sigh.
Jamman960 Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Booked/requested a place on the first session also, good to see real progress on this at last, if I remember correctly this was supposed to be in field trials last summer but never made it
Sivadam Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 I attended a consultation meeting re. this a good many years ago in Birmingham! Obviously we were asking for too much at that time.
number34 Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 I've also applied for the first session. How many people are normally invited to attend?
pete Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Isn't an actual release date for System Manager 7 one of the signs of the apocalypse? *wants consistent UI, alphabetical jumping to list items in all menus/fields and stable/usable log review* *also wants a pony as payment for not disemboweling any developers regarding system manager 6*
vikpaw Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Summers about June time... just be my luck they'll release it and I'll be supporting some other out-of-date product. Sigh. you moving to a different department? What's new in System Manager 7 then? well one of the features is supposed to be some kind of auditing, over and above what it does now, which will be very welcome.
matt40k Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Something that actually is easy and quick to use would be start, like a bulk option. I hear the backup stuff is going into SOLUS3. I've booked on for the one in April, so fingers cross will see some of you there. @vikpaw - Jobs at risk. So am looking around. Fingers cross I'll be ok, but I can't take the risk.
vikpaw Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Something that actually is easy and quick to use would be start, like a bulk option. I hear the backup stuff is going into SOLUS3. I've booked on for the one in April, so fingers cross will see some of you there. @vikpaw - Jobs at risk. So am looking around. Fingers cross I'll be ok, but I can't take the risk. Sorry to hear that buddy. Come out here, we could use your skills in the region. British international School of riyadh really needs someone. - in educational jobs.+ TES Haileybury (spelling ?) - a very prestigious school opening up a sister school in Kazakhstan - in TES. Also there have been some good posts elsewhere - SupportNet: SIMS Manager in oxted, Surrey, and SIMS / technical sales consultant, national. Even one for Capita recently. I'm sure you know about these, but just in case. Also, Will Townsend, i forget his EG name, from www.esp-recruit.co.uk is the top man to give your CV to, if you haven't already. Good Luck.
Sivadam Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 I've also applied for the first session. How many people are normally invited to attend? The UAT room is not that big - maybe a dozen or so workstations. So that would limit the number invited to about 2 dozen! Unless they actually use a different venue, but that is not the 'norm'! My guess is that this will be well oversubscribed just as Discover FT was. And they will select so that as wide a variety of LAs and Schools as possible is represented. I guess that those with lots of experience of UAT might have a slight advantage but it is no guarantee of selection!
matt40k Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 no guarantee of selection! Unless your offering to buy the drinks, sure they'll add an extra workstation then
Sivadam Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 Unless your offering to buy the drinks, sure they'll add an extra workstation then No way! With all the support that I give them on here I expect them to buy the drinks!
GREED Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Awesome enjoy that Mike, will be a great day!
Sivadam Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 Awesome enjoy that Mike, will be a great day! I won't know if my application has been accepted for a while yet. So I am not counting my chickens. They might be fed up of seeing me down there at Bedford!
splattthecat Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I've put in a booking for the April UAT session too. I hope this will be a big improvement on SM6.
number34 Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Just heard that I have a place on the 29th March, will any of the rest of you be there?
Sivadam Posted March 2, 2011 Author Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) I'm going on the 5th April. Awwwwwwwwww..............!!! I'm on 29th March! You'll have to get me a pint some other time! It'll be very interesting if some of you guys that sometimes don't approve of some of my actions on here are there too! Edited March 2, 2011 by Sivadam
matt40k Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 I'll leave a pint of cider, might be Guinness by the time you get it
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