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We moved from resource32000 to Access Edu Finance. So much better!

Ohh folder redirection.. when it works its great, when it doesn't.. you sure know about it! Do you need the "Move contents of Desktop to new location" option? Can you try a test one with this unticked?

Ah I see. I admit it is nice and easy to leave drivers to WU. Tbh with my latest deployment setup with MDT i just leave the driver install to WU now as part of the task sequence, unless theres some sort of bespoke peripheral/equipment that requires a certain driver.

Not come across this as of yet.. see what next week brings lol. What machines are you using in your classrooms? There is a GPO you can use to stop windows update from grabbing drivers btw.

Ouch. We have VMware vSphere 8 Essentials kit for 3 hosts (perpetual, 1yr support), which was purchased Oct 2023. Before the transfer from Vmware > Broadcom I backed up our keys. I registered a Broadcom account for the remainder of our 1yr support. I'm planning on sticking with ESXi for a little while longer & then switching over to HyperV eventually. Has anyone done a transition from ESXi > HyperV somewhat recently? Is it a headache inducing process, or not too bad?

You could take an approach which I use, which I would imagine will negate this issue I have EWP config setup to save locally first to C:\exam Then, every 5 minutes, a scheduled task is run which runs a .bat file " robocopy C:\Exam \\Fileserver\students$\%username% /e >nul ". This is applied via GPO No lag when saving, plus you have two copies of the exam in separate locations. Once exams period is over & we have all copies required on the network, i have a script which I run on Senso to clear the C:\exam folder on each exam machine.

No problem! Yea I'd recommend doing the copy instead of moving, less chance of anything going wrong this way!

I'd imagine you could accomplish that with a batch script running on logoff using the "move" command.. I've got EWP set up as below, and it works a treat. Simple but it just works. Student exam is autosaved locally to C:\Exam in increments of 1 minute (set in EWP config) Every 5 minutes, a scheduled task runs which performs " robocopy C:\Exam \\FILESERVER\students$\%username% /e >nul " This way there is a copy of the exam in two places. This is pushed out via GPO. At the end of the exam period, delprof2 is run on all of the exam laptops, to clear out the local copies of the exams. We never have multiple students using the same laptop/desktop as they have a seating plan.

Yep worth checking. I had similar problem back when we used to use chrome. Previous IT staff had setup the google admin panel for our org & left no documentation, passwords or anything Its either that, or GPO.

Are users logged into google accounts when using youtube?

Update : A lot better now! I believe it was Senso Client that was causing the issues. I have just caught up with this : senso.cloud | Service Status (freshstatus.io) Seems like a module update causes some unexpected issues for a lot of users. Still no further on with the two addresses which I cannot Reconcile, probably need to recreate dhcp database to solve that one.

Group policy forcing restricted mode most likely, what browser is this issue occuring on

Switches are all static VLAN's done at firewall I cant see the IP addresses as being online as of yet (from a ping test), will have to do more digging

If I try to reconcile the DHCP scope on my main DHCP server(Server1), I get these two IP addresses showing, which are not in my address pool..If I press Reconcile, they disappear. If I press Verify again when the window refreshes, the addresses pop back up! I have checked the DHCP logs from the past few days, I can't even see a trace of these IP addresses. These IP's are not listed in the Address Lease tab Only thing I can think of which has caused this, is last Friday we had some Server problems where the main DC sits, so DHCP/DNS will have failed over to the backup DC (Server2). Something seems to have gone a miss here. I have checked & the DHCP config seems to be exactly the same between the main DHCP (Server1) and the failover (Server2). Another thing I have noticed since then, is strange latency spikes when pinging certain switches on the LAN .. does this sound like symptoms of a possible IP conflict due to DHCP? I've not had the chance to try to isolate the issue as exams are on and I don't want to cause any disturbance. Example of latency when pinging one of the switches Server1 (Main DC, Main DHCP, Main DNS) Server2 (Second DC, Hot Standby DHCP, Failover DNS)

Normal day.. usually spend these days giving the IT suites a general tidy up/check equipment. Usually end up leaving site early as site staff close up early on training days

You definitely CAN use MDT to deploy Windows 11, and even upgrade 10 > 11. I got mine working not so long ago. it does take a bit of trickery to get working, but it does work. However - it is unsupported by microsoft. You need to use the last version of the ADK/PE which support VBscript. Newest version does not support it anymore, which majorily breaks the task sequences /forums/o-s-deployment/229694-wds-mdt-senior-moment.html

I did some testing & got Bell Commander working via a Page group within 3CX. I would recommend taking a look its pretty easy to get setup

All of our phones are on the same subnet if thats what you mean.. thanks i'll look into the paging function

Does anyone have 3CX setup with some sort of Alert system for a Lockdown for example? I have seen various tools online such as - VOIP Tools : 3CX Emergency Notifier – VoIPTools - Bell Commander : BellCommander School Bell System and Notification Software (acrovista.com) Just wondering what you all use? I've tried a trial version of Bell Commander & tested with a small group of phones, however I can't figure out how to get the phones to automatically answer when Bell Commander calls when an alert is triggered. At the moment we have an ancient analog bell system, which has to be manually activated from the heads office.. not ideal.

£~1600 i believe last time we had a screen installed. (Inc removal of Projector, fitting of IWB). This included a cable kit, wall mounted faceplate for HDMI etc..

Word does it.. however formatting can go haywire sometimes..

No problem. Yes if the devices are Domain Joined they will log in using the same User Login name as previously (sAMaccountname). See here : What are Microsoft Entra registered devices? - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn Devices can be Entra Joined Entra Hybrid Joined Entra Registered Users would only use their M365 credentials if the device was purely Entra Joined. If you still have on prem AD, devices would be hybrid joined (domain joined first, then synced to Entra via AD connect) In affect, the login would only be different if the devices were purely setup for Entra ( Entra Joined ) and not domain joined. Hope that makes sense

In that case, you would need to set up Azure (Entra) AD Connect on a Domain Controller, to sync the users up to Azure (Entra). Check this ms documentation & the pre-reqs : Set up directory synchronization for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn

Sorry I assumed you were in a hybrid setup and was already using M365/Azure! So the school is using M365 for email, but not syncing anything to Azure/Entra?

As above, ADFS is quite a lot to take in. I wouldn't bother getting into it now unless its already on a site you manage. Since the school already use M365 for email, you can look at using Azure to handle SSO.. its quite easy to get going - much easier than ADFS ever was. Canva is a great tool - it is used in my school by teachers mostly