PhilWessell

Heathside Walton-on-Thames, an Ofsted Outstanding secondary school, is seeking a motivated IT Apprentice who is eager to begin a career in IT support. This is a busy, varied, and rewarding role where you will support staff and students in their use of IT. You will gain hands-on experience in troubleshooting user issues, resolving technical problems, and assisting with exciting projects such as software and hardware installations, as well as Audio-Visual setups. As part of this apprenticeship, you will receive off-the-job training one day a week delivered by Lift Schools, working towards a Level 3 IT Solutions Technician Apprenticeship (equivalent to 2 A-Levels). This nationally recognised qualification provides an excellent foundation for a long-term career in IT. IT Technician Apprentice at Heathside Walton-on-Thames, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey | MyNewTerm Closing date: 12:00pm, 12th Jan 2026 Interviews: w/c Monday 19th January 2026 Applications will be considered as they are received, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date

Heathside Walton-on-Thames, an Ofsted Outstanding secondary school, is seeking a motivated IT Apprentice who is eager to begin a career in IT support. This is a busy, varied, and rewarding role where you will support staff and students in their use of IT. You will gain hands-on experience in troubleshooting user issues, resolving technical problems, and assisting with exciting projects such as software and hardware installations, as well as Audio-Visual setups. As part of this apprenticeship, you will receive off-the-job training one day a week delivered by Lift Schools, working towards a Level 3 IT Solutions Technician Apprenticeship (equivalent to 2 A-Levels). This nationally recognised qualification provides an excellent foundation for a long-term career in IT. Apprentice IT Technician - Eteach Closing date: Monday 3rd November 2025 at midday Interviews: w/c Monday 3rd November 2025 Applications will be considered as they are received, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date

Microsoft released their "Golden Path for Education" documentation back in December 2024, but I can't see anyone discussing it on EduGeek at all. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/o365education/golden-path-for-education---part-1a/4356169 I've read through the many pages and can see how valuable this document can be when starting from fresh. Has anyone tried to retrospectively apply some of their recommendations to an existing tenancy?

Trust IT Field Technician Elmbridge, Surrey Starting: As soon as possible Permanent, 52 weeks per year 36 hours per week Mondays and Fridays 8.00am-4:00pm Starting Salary: £25,000 -£28,000 ElmWey Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust, comprising two local secondary schools Heathside Weybridge, and Heathside & Walton-on-Thames. We are seeking an IT Field Technician that is looking to enhance their knowledge in IT support. This is a busy, interesting, and varied role supporting school staff and students in their use of IT. You will be expected to take responsibility for helpdesk tasks, ensuring they’re seen through to successful completion, as well as assist with implementing projects including software, hardware, and Audio-Visual installs. Candidates should: Have a passion for IT and supporting end users. Be keen to learn, be flexible and possess good communication skills. Possess a full driving license. Possess ITIL 4 foundation/CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ or a willingness to work towards them. In return ElmWey Learning Trust offers: Local Government Pension Scheme, including generous employer contributions. CPD opportunities. Free on-site parking at all sites. Supportive and experienced central Trust team. Application forms and further details are available from the school or our website: http://www.elmwey.org. Please apply please email completed application forms and letter of application to: [email protected]. CVs cannot be accepted. Closing date for applications: midday on 12th March 2024 with interviews taking place between 18th and 21st March 2024. Applications may be considered as they are received therefore, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Enhanced DBS disclosure. Committed to equal opportunities, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Application forms can be found on our website: https://www.heathside.surrey.sch.uk/it-field-technician/349125.html

From my compliance reports in Intune admin center, I can see they are all running 22H2. I'll see if I can grab one and force it to 23H2 locally or via an update policy. They still receive security updates from Microsoft as normal so they're still Cyber Essentials compliant.

The 1st batch of 120 is 18 months old. The 2nd batch of 180 is 6 months old. We've got a time and date issue with some of them too which they claim to have recently acknowledge and have rolled out an update to fix.

By using the recovery image, you're in essence wiping the hard disk and starting fresh with SE again.

We have just over 300 of these devices. Annoyingly they're now end of line and only around 150 left in stock in the UK with no direct replacement. However, the images can be downloaded from Microsoft here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface-recovery-image, they only have 21H2 and 22H2 and no 23H2. It did take them 6 months to create the 22H2 after it was released, so I'm not hold my breath that it'll be released at all! We're now looking at putting full Windows 11 on them with some tweaks to make it run smoother. Phil

Hi All, I'm struggling to find best practice on the creation and or grouping of Intune Configuration profiles for users and devices. How do you group your Intune Configuration profiles/settings? Do you have as many settings for the device and users in a device applied policy, or do you only put device settings in a device policy and users settings in a user policy? Also, do you group as many settings as you can into 1 policy, or do you split them out into a single setting per policy and then group them? I'm wondering if there's a performance decrease/increase in doing this or not. Kind regards, Phil

IT Technician Apprentice Elmbridge, Surrey Starting: As soon as possible 36 hours per week Mondays and Fridays 8.00am-4:00pm Full year, Fixed Term 18-21 months apprenticeship contract Starting Salary: £15,956 -£18,771 (FTE) Full details and application form can be found on our website

Annoyingly I couldn't find a useful and simple 1 page document that explains the difference, but I do recommend a chat with Pugh's licencing expert as he has some slides which do explain the difference. We previously had to pay for exchange server licences, but that's now covered for free under the A3 licence. Now we pay for A3 licences for all staff plus the free student A3 benefit, SQL server lics and windows server lics. Phil

Any school with an EQU of 100 and above, primary or secondary.

The companies currently on the framework are: Bytes Software Services CDW Civica Comparex Insight Direct Phoenix Software Ltd Pugh Computers Softcat SoftwareONE XMA But you MUST purchase via the Framework and pay the appropriate framework fee before placing the order. If you do not, your order will not be accepted by Microsoft.

We moved from OVS-ES to EES last month after our 3 year deal ran out. The number has been reduced from 1000 to 500, and now to 100 EQU. But you need to purchase via the JISC/Chest framework and pay a small fee for the benefit. We saw a nice reduction in cost, and the benefits of changing over to the A3/A5 licencing model. Sign up here https://www.chest.ac.uk/agreements/microsoft-ees-education-qualified-user/ and you can see all the companies who are allowed to quote under this framework. Regards, Phil - - - Updated - - - To confirm, our agreement has 140 EQU (the EES equivalent to FTE). There's a slightly different calculation to make...

Here's a link to some official info on this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/limits-specifications-teams