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Guessing we'll just have to force people to do things in advance (shocking idea ), paper registers/use printers in places not replaced yet etc For example, we currently have a large amount of networking changes planned in for summer, so half the places won't have any network access/cables draping around etc. They'll just have to book into other buildings during that time as best they can I guess At least in the ideal world Steve

Each per school, not each per teacher depending on which each you were referring to Steve

Am I the only one who looked at those and went, why do they have a big shoe and a trumpet/horn on the top row?!? Steve

If you mean via Windows Updates you could just disable the entire option for them via GPO but it will hit other bits like drivers etc from WU, but if you're full SCCM shouldn't be a problem: https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.InternetCommunicationManagement::RemoveWindowsUpdate_ICM Or do you mean they ran the package/update via Software Center? Steve

We haven't even been able to get the dead geobook we got swapped out at all, How did you manage that part? Steve

You missed the decent speakers! No bass no good! Steve

A lot of that kind of issue will depend how your network is set up. For general purposes, if you're bypassing the proxy locally for that address it shouldn't take your smoothwall into account at all, as it'd be Chromebook -> DC/DNS -> RDP Any more info regarding yours would help Steve

I guess it depends what you're trying to do, but there are just normal trial options to sign up for: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/ etc Or did you mean specifically with Edu options/licenses etc? Steve

Have you considered moving across to the new licensing models? (Per VM rather than CPU) Just been quoting up for a new server build and it's roughly working out £200 for 5 VMs, so even 50 VMs is £2k~ (Edu price assuming you're still that rather than business?) Steve

Do you mean sans-serif fonts? Those are the easier to read ones (for normal writing etc). Serif is the harder to read ones in terms of blocks of text normally Truetype is more about how clean they appear on screens (Think raster vs bitmap etc for scaling etc) (With ClearType being an MS version) Steve

Honestly think you're struggle with anything half-decent running fortnite at that price, with covid/business buying them all up currently. Minecraft/roblox shouldn't be a problem. (How close to £300 did you want?) You considered a tablet instead, or did it have to be laptop? Just thinking as it'll be more specced for the lower device (obviously Apple's out the question with fortnite as it's blocked though) Steve

I mean that error isn't really an error as such, it's just saying you failed your policy so it's rejecting you What do you have set in NPS regarding connection rules etc? Also further down the event log should be more info about why it rejected you, like mismatches etc Steve

If it's getting a wrong address does it show it's using the wrong DHCP server? Thinking like local software/rogue point etc ipconfig /all | findstr /C:"DHCP Server" Does that show your server IP? If you do as you said and get a static IP it's on that card/nic rather than per wifi so would stay unless you're using cable one place etc Steve

Honestly got a bit lost in regards to which you actually want to use, but on the proxyaddresses you can add multiple, the one labelled with SMTP: (capitals) will be the one that shows/sends from, smtp: (lower) are secondary alias addresses Steve

Think it's ridiculous even considering paying that much for what isn't even a top level domain (You know what I mean before someone's pedantic), no way should you be spending that much on a domain If you want a secondary shorter email address you could buy hundreds of .co.uk's that are shorter without paying that much. I bet even something similar to "3initials"school.co.uk would be available for £10~ Steve

We don't live stream them, as we find it's better to pre-record them, and then give out the links to let people access them when they can (Thinking of students who might not have pc access all day etc) Steve

USB keyboard? Steve

They're not exactly the cheapest option, but there are plates that have electric rotation, with pre-set settings. So you could program in "Assembly" and "Class" settings etc (Think of like car seats that have programs). But really it sounds like you need to ask him exactly the purpose of this As if it doesn't want two projectors etc, the question would be why and what does he want, as will he be happy changing rotation etc himself if not? Big TV on wheels?!? Steve

Do you mean like two projectors showing the same thing at once on two walls? Or one projector that can be used on two walls (at separate times?) The first one would surely just be a VGA (insert other) splitter. The second, being a rotatable mount (assuming throw distances work with your projector). The other option is two different projectors (We had a room that was dividable into 4 areas with partition walls, so each classroom had their own projector, then a big one for when it was a 4-room room) Steve

Bit of an unusual one here, but malwarebytes (I had a copy before it was subscription based so it's lifetime free) Steve

They like to hide it on a different page nowadays: https://www.adobe.com/uk/education/schools.html Scroll to the bottom for: Named User Licence - One School Named User Licence - District or MAT Classroom Licence Steve

Out of curiosity, what's counted as a "Seat" for Soundtrap etc? Is it a individual user, computer, simultaneous user? Edit - Just it seems confusing in regard to the FAQ, which seems to suggest it might only be teachers who are licensed?: My new place has an old MAC suite that's way past renewal, and looking at options going forwards as we already have a lot of the external devices mentioned above, but software is always the big one when they're running ancient cubase/sibelius versions Thanks, Steve

"Officially" 7th gen+ can run 3 simultaneously @ 4096x2304 @ 60 Hz on DP: https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/articles/000025675/graphics.html But as with everything it depends If you're talking 4k videos etc, or is it upscaling? Is it doing copyright decoding? etc etc There's so many more questions to that really depending on what you're expecting out of it Maybe hit up one of your suppliers and ask for a test model to try it and see if it's ok for what your teachers would normally be doing Steve

I mean, despite having a whole disagreement with the principle of 2x 4K in a classroom being needed, what about any of the Dells? Pretty much everyone comes with 2x DisplayPort as standard on the Micros https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/desktop-computers-for-businesses/optiplex-7080-micro-desktop/spd/optiplex-7080-micro 2 DisplayPort 1.4 ports (rear) You can also configure most the Dells non-USFF with HDMI+DP, Most the HPs can have HDMI+DP too on the business range. You can chainlink DP through some monitors too Guess it depends what your screens connect with by default and whether you wanted adapters etc? Steve

There are a few caveats with it depending on how you're currently doing things. Bearing in mind using your 30 days feature upgrades will roll out full upgrades to 20H2 etc if they aren't already rolled out, as you can't pick/choose upgrades it's either on or deferred. (Although you did mention about LTSB etc so maybe not so much of an issue on your end) You also lose any reporting ability unless you're linking them to Azure reports, as they won't return data to WSUS/SCCM etc Do you use anything like VPN with your laptops, as WSUS should still be connecting across that to report back to server and getting downloads etc. We've temporarily just changed our policies so it reports back in, but downloads updates directly to save backwards traffic etc Steve