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The notification: Dear Colleague, We're pleased to let you know that your school's proposed Stage 3 permanent redirect dates will be available in your SIMS Next Gen Admin Console by 23 November 2026. The target date has been determined using factors such as your school's current use of SIMS Next Gen and the ParentPay products in use. Until this date is reached, you will continue to have full control over your redirect settings and can make changes as needed. Please note: Stage 3 permanent redirect dates are not being applied for Pupil Profile, Census (except for schools completing the autumn 2026 Census in SIMS Next Gen), or where specific product interactions make a permanent redirect currently unsuitable. Wherever the date is set to a date in March 2026, no permanent redirect will be applied at this time. You can of course turn on stage 2 (temporary redirects) or try functionality directly in SIMS Next Gen. If you need any further guidance, please contact your usual service provider in the first instance. We've also made some improvements As we continue the redirect programme, from SIMS 7 to SIMS Next Gen, your feedback has shaped every step. We've listened. We've taken action. And we've improved the Timetable experience as a result. As part of this work, we've made the following improvements to Timetables: Improved navigation to individual student timetables, rather than landing on the top-level view. Improved two-week Timetable printing. Accepted applicants can be included in the Print Timetable feature. You can choose to turn on redirects at any time via the SIMS Next Gen Admin Console. We'd encourage you to set your own date so you can choose a time that works best for your school. It's also worth exploring some of the other features now live in SIMS Next Gen, including Attendance Management, Exam Seating, Free Breakfast Club Attendance and enhanced Calendar events – see further below. If you need more information, visit our resource page, where you'll find step-by-step guidance, FAQs, and everything you need to complete the process. More to explore in SIMS Next Gen SIMS Next Gen continues to grow well beyond these updates. A few highlights already live and ready to use include: Attendance Management – a simplified attendance hub for managing expected attendance patterns, with grid-based editing, bulk updates, and built-in insights to support statutory returns and safeguarding. Exam Seating – manage room layouts, candidates, clashes, and access arrangements in one place, then generate seating-related reports, from candidate labels to exam timetables, directly in the platform. Free Breakfast Club Attendance – supports schools participating in the Government's breakfast club programme, simplifying attendance recording and DfE reporting. Calendar events – create, edit, and manage school calendar events fully within SIMS Next Gen, with no need to switch back to SIMS 7 for routine calendar administration. Kind regards The SIMS team More info: https://www.parentpaygroup.com/sims7-redirects/ Area Stage 2 begins Stage 3 not before date Timetables From 8 June, 2026 01 November, 2026 Attendance Registers From 22 June, 2026 01 November, 2026 Conduct and Custom Groups From 13 July, 2026 01 November, 2026

It has to run as the user you have logged as when running the software as the software runs at the user app data level unless you have move the config directory and pointed the software at it.

Are you running the task as the user you have setup the software on ?

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MS has change it early this morning with the following comments: We’ve developed and deployed a code change which is intended to improve availability and reduce the aforementioned instability that occurs during peak traffic periods. Additionally, we’re monitoring the service health telemetry to validate the mitigations effectiveness, which will determine if additional troubleshooting will be required.

Oh MS, they are classing it as a false positive: Some users may be unable to search in Exchange Online ID: EX1469261 Issue type: Incident Status False Positive Impacted services Exchange Online Details Title: Some users may be unable to search in Exchange Online User impact: Users may be unable to search in Exchange Online. More info: Users may be unable to complete searches using Outlook on the web or either the classic or new Outlook desktop apps. Current status: We're reviewing service health telemetry to help determine our next troubleshooting steps. Scope of impact: Some users in the United Kingdom who are attempting to complete searches using Outlook on the web or either the classic or new Outlook desktop apps may be impacted. Next update by: Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM UTC

Last year we got the good old "cloud not update from your MIS !" when using the update from MIS buttons in the console. for the legacy API, Found (without supports help) the secret key had to be reset when our stopped working. Not sure if it helps but: Linking/fixing your SIMS integration with InVentry (IT Only) – InVentry Support They have a test utility in the api folder to test the connection to the MIS sync.

I have only just seen the chat about the security issue. We are looking elsewhere the support has been very poor.

Running Powershell 7 ? Can you try and run without being in an admin session on powershell.

hmm.. ok just the one then. Tried uninstalling the ExchangeOnlineManagement and clearing the module folder of ExchangeOnlineManagement then reinstalling ?

What versions of the module have you got installed ? (Get-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement -ListAvailable)

247 Connect: 247connect - Secure remote desktop Features If you are a Net Support Customer you can get this offer: https://www.247connect.cloud/netsupport-offer/ If you have A3 licences on Intune have you looked at: Remote assistance for managed devices - Intune for Education | Microsoft Learn Only issue on this would be unattended access.

Yes, that is what the ex director of the company said to me.

Yes, GENEE GROUP LIMITED are still trading: GENEE GROUP LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK but the Interactive Boards are via GENEE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED: GENEE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK. I spoken to the ex director of the company. We were very annoyed and frustrated when we found out as our boards still had 3 year left of warranty and we had two die. It looks like some resellers are just selling stock off.

Worth noting that Genee Interactive part of the company, was dissolved in Feb this year. We have 120 board now without warranty as a result.