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Both Office 365 and Google Apps have a drive system but I would use it more like a USB key. At all my primary schools we have remote desktop access from home which gives the staff the same desktop and settings from home as they would get at school, they can even print to the school printers etc. Remote desktop is very cheap, something like £10 per user cal and already built in to Windows servers.

MS will need to draw a line at some point. Google will just keep adding free content as it's revenues are advert based and MS has to make money selling stuff. - - - Updated - - - MS will need to draw a line at some point. Google will just keep adding free content as it's revenues are advert based and MS has to make money selling stuff.

For my personal Google account the extension is not even listed but I can edit word docs using my phone with drive.

All my primary schools use Google Sites which is free. Very easy to set-up and add content. I would have a play.

Very simple. On the website you create a desktop with folders and apps, you give it a name and it gets assigned a QR code. You can then select any number of the learnpads from the website and deploy your desktop or scan the QR code to install the desktop to an individual Learnpad.

Not able to install the Office edit extension. Anyone else tried? http://goo.gl/4rs8ts

Just had this emailed to me. I have picked out the most interesting. Sorry if its already been posted.

Yes, although no money this year due to house extension so not allowing myself to get too excited.

Apparently, and this is odd, I can fix the login password issue by restoring the database (bak) using SQL, then use dbattach to export and then re import the database which apparently fixes the user logins. Going to test this next week.

I have been trying to get individual logins at a primary but the children sometimes work in groups and this has caused all sorts of issues when tested on the Year 5 class. For example, pupil 1 might login and work with a group and save the work to his home drive, the following week pupil 1 is off ill and the teacher just does not have the time to sort these issues out, or so I have been told.

@matt40k Yes RBUSS. Thanks.

Just called the LA with all your posts in hand and they say that Capita 100% wants the database set to Full as a recovery model. If anyone can locate any info from Capita that says anything different please post, otherwise I will try and do a disaster recovery test next week.

So what is this simple method? It is not an option I can see in SQL manager.

Did you copy both the language directories and the chrome.admx file?

Its not that it doesn't kick in it's that the clients need to be configured to switch to another filtering system.

This is confusing me. Just had this detailed reply from the LA. I am still concerned as I remember reading on support net that there is a difference in the way dbattach and sql manager backup the database.

Apparently the info they are using has come directly from Capita.

I have had a chat with the LA and they say you do not need the transaction logs to import a Sims / FMS database if you use the DBatach tool from Capita. They have said they have done this lots of times without any issues. I am just testing

OK, testing the backup myself. Just executed the maintenance plan and copied the Sims 'FULL' sql backup onto a virtual server that I have just installed Sims and SQL2008r2. This virtual server is disconnected from school network. Imported the Sims 'FULL' database in to SQL manager. Run Sims but after entering login details I get 'Invalid user / password'. Would the transaction log have fixed the login error?

The school paid them for this one off sql install / set up just before I started a few years back and they do not have any other sql backup systems in place. The school have an offsite backup contract with the LA but we list what directories etc they backup. So it looks like they have not set this up correctly a few years back and I very much doubt they will get involved now. What is this simple backup you mention?

Thanks for the help so far. I am only getting **FULL**, nothing else. ,Started to create a new maintenance plan and selected transaction log for the backup type but not sure if I should be selecting 'Backup the tail log, and leave database in restore state' which is listed at the bottom of the page, as MS seem to imply that might be needed.

I do have full access to sql manager but not sure how I run the script? Do I run it from sql manager etc? Also when I check the maintenance backup tasks from within sql manager it lists, all databases, full backup but MS say a full backup does not backup the transaction logs.

Dumb question, but want to double check what do I do to run this script.

Hi, Our LA installed Sims/fms with sql2008r2, they also configured the database backups using the sql maintenance planer built in SQl manager. The LA also control all the offsite backups and restores etc. I have been doing some reading up and it would appear that along with the full sims or fms sql backup they should also be creating a separate transaction log. See the following info from MS So, should they have created a transaction backup maintenance plan? Thanks

Why are you using RSAT on Windows 7 when you have a 2008r2 server????? Might just be me but I only use RSAT when the server does not support the policies of new clients, but 2008R2 supports windows 7.