Hercules

Hi Roberto Many thanks for your reply. What you describe here "For byod, it really is a simple case of create Intune compliance, configuration and app policies, test until you’re happy then tell people to install company portal, and then do something with conditional access to enforce its use." was exactly what I planned to do. I queried the need to wipe a device four times with them and on each occasion was told that it was necessary. I'm really unhappy with them as a company as nothing they do works correctly or is ever finished. Unfortunately it's not in my power to manage the contract, I'm just stuck with it. Back to management I go... Many thanks for your help.

A mix of devices will be expected. We would like to manage apps, security and AV etc using 365 accounts. Currently students connect via a student WiFi network with a generic password. I thought that students could download the app, log in with their school account and voila. IT Management says no, students will have to bring devices in to be wiped and then have InTune installed. I would be really interested to know if other schools are using BYOD and InTune and how it's setup.

Hi All I could do with some advice before we decide to go ahead with InTune for student device management. We will be rolling out BYOD for staff and students but I was infromed yesterday by the IT Management company who runs our network that all devices need to be wiped as part of the setup process for InTune. Is this really the case? If so, how have schools managed that with parents - and staff? Many thanks in advance for any advice. Hercules

Many thanks, interesting to see that you're taking your time. We don't have a Data Manager so at least there's no expectation from that point of view! I suspect that decisions such as what to transfer in terms of previous years' data will be discussed for a while. I feel that my colleagues will be so pleased to see the back of PASS that they'll want to get the data right - although I could be wrong! I hope all goes well for you with your changeover.

Many thanks that's very kind of you. I think I will be in touch as I want to push this through as realistically quickly as possible for the sanity of all of us! Cheers!

Thank you so much for your helpful advice TechMonkey; your time and effort is very much appreciated. I definitely want to do the same as you with two data migrations, especially as many of our staff lack confidence. I may well give you a yell when we get to extraction as we haven't entirely moved to 3Sys. I know there will be more than a few challenges ahead but I can't wait to get started so we finally have a modern MIS which allows effective communication!

Improved wouldn't be hard. Over a long period of time we have experienced a huge issues WCBS PASS have not been able to solve for us. Pretty much every fix brings a new problem. Tired of being told that issues will be solved in the new version coming next year - it's always supposed to be the all dancing new MIS and always falls short. As my initial post says I would be grateful for any advice concerning the transition period rather than questions as to why we are moving from PASS. They could offer it to us for free and I wouldn't want to keep it.

No and we don't intend to!

I'm going to be responsible for leading the transition from PASS to iSAMS this academic year in a medium-size independent. Can I ask what your timescales were please from initial iSAMS visit to key staff to going live with it? My thinking is that PASS is a real dog product for us now and it's barely used other than out of necessity for attendance, reports and student database. Using iSAMS is reasonably intuitive so I think most of the time will be spent sorting out the info to transfer over, training staff on the very basics and then rolling out additional features following training. I would be hugely grateful for any thoughts or advice. Thank you to those who have already shared their experiences as it's been helpful. Cheers!