rogerdnixon

We buy management licences for £16.50 - shop around. I'd not use Chromebooks in school without management as there is nothing then stopping them from just signing in with a private Google Account + the heap of other controls and stats you get. If you want them to make an impact pedagogically then use them with G Suite - then they become very powerful educational tools and can transform learning (in the right hands). You can also deploy managed Android Apps now.

We use FOG and always sysprep before uploading an image (and rearm Office). We also use the copyprofile option to configure the default profile to set the start menu in Windows 10 - works well. I think KMS activation will fail if you don't sysprep + no customised default profile.

We have been using it. Seems to work as expected. The only down side other than no Vault support is atm you cannot put folders of stuff into it. But this is coming as I've just done their feedback form on exactly how this would work especially in situations where the folder contains stuff owned by many users. As far as I know it does not work with the sync tool - but we don't use it anyways. No general release date yet.

I'd reinstall FOG and select y at that prompt and put in a password - make a note of it. I remember having to manually add it a php file: /var/www/fog/lib/Config.class.php

We are using R11 touch flip devices now 1:1 with managed Android Apps (what the original quotes were about - you can see us: https://blog.google/topics/education/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-millions-students-and-educators/) This is a toughened up version of the R11. However, out of 350 deployed 1:1 devices we have only had 3 insurance claims. We don't have the styluses - Android apps like Keep and Sketch for Keep work well with a finger. However, I can see the stylus been quite nice for more detailed work. I would agree that losing styluses could be a problem - but we would only use in a 1:1 setting were the students generally look after their own kit pretty well. Will be at BETT on Friday 11am and 3.30pm presenting on the Google Stand about our 1:1 approach and managed Android Apps on ChromeOS.

Yes - I had the exact same thing the other day. You know about it when you start getting requests for licences from users. I contacted via their ticket system: https://lucidchart.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new - never had anything back - but the licences appeared a few days after raising the ticket. We have 1000 for Press and Charts.

We have been largely ChromeOS for a few years now. Our most recent devices have been the 4Gb version of the Acer R11 - the touch/flip ones. Students really like them - have been pretty durable and we are now testing managed Android Apps on then for Google. All staff have Chromebooks and most teacher devices are Chromeboxes in classrooms. For an IT point of view it makes management of devices a breeze, allowing us to reduce costs and focus on things other than looking after devices. From a teaching and learning point of view, students have devices that are quick, give then easy access to their stuff anywhere with unlimited storage. Collaboration between staff and students is a world away from where it was before G Suite. I'll be on the Google Stand at 3.30 on Friday at BETT with some students and their R11's demoing managed Android Apps and Cast for Education if anyone is around.

There is an option in the G Suite management console to setup SSO (in Apps - SAML Apps) and Office 365 is one of the options - never used it myself as we are a Google Reference School - but are 1:1 with Chromebooks. Might be worth a look. I generally advise people to do one thing or the other - having many systems tends to lead to fragmentation and user confusion. If you are totally sold on 365, then Chromebooks might not be the best option.

We just have scan to email setup on our Sharp copiers. Simple and works fine - use then just hits the save to Drive button in Gmail and organises as they please.

I have been with BT on Infinity for years now. Hardly any down town, rock steady connection - same speed all the time. I do use OpenDNS for DNS and an Asus DSL-AC68U rather than a HomeHub - which other than the latest one are rubbish.

I'd also look in mail reports and use GAM to remove the offending email from all users inboxes - helps stop it spreading. Also ensure you are using DMARC - then most of these scams fail. I'd also suggest getting staff to use two-factor authentication which also prevents this scam. I did a free blog posts on these things: https://wpsit.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/securing-google-app-for-education-gmail.html https://wpsit.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/delete-specific-email-using-gam.html

It certainly can work - I've got a session host running 2016 and SIMS has working without issue since 2016 was released. I just added the server via Solus 3 (after rdp roles added/configured) and Solus/SIMS installed and ran without issue. This is using a mandatory profile made by modifying the default profile. This is a VM on ESXi. I did have a second physical rdp host that was deeply unhappy with 2016 and I've had to rebuild to 2012 r2 and all is well with it.

Hi, Page level permissions has not been implemented yet. The full feature set + migration tool for old sites will be rolling out during the course of 2017 with old site being force migrated in 2018.

My quick demo of it: Seems to work quite well.

We have it set to reject.

We have used DMARC with G Suite for the past year or so (and use with all our sub-domain primaries). Coupled with all SPAM going into admin quarantine and a few attachment rules it effectively stops a lot of exploited.

See https://blog.google/products/chrome/flash-and-chrome/ From 55 you need to actively allow it - you get a little red thing in the right hand side of the omnibox which enables you to allow it for the site in question. Spotify web player is an example of a site where you need to do this. Some sites are automatically whitelisted - iplayer for example. There should be no need to install it.

0800 052 0800 and then put in your PIN - you have to ask for the PIN.

We're also with Virgin. They do have a dedicated leased line number - but I did have to ask for it. However, never had to call them since the install and no down time at all so far. Their organisation during the run up to the install date left a lot to be desired - but we have 100% up time so no real complaints.

Hi, We are mainly ChromeOS and have deployed ChromeOS devices to most departments and staff. We also have 1:1 with some year groups. As already stated you can restrict them to a specific SSID in the management console - however, if they go home this is not much good (however it does stop staff taking trolley devices home!). We have this set on all of our school based devices. 1:1 and staff devices - so all the ones that go home don't. However, we use Securly for webfiltering - which is independent of the network they connect to - so if they fire up a wifi hotspot it does not matter really. Happy to discuss more if you want.

Gmail is encrypted as is everything else - at rest and in transit. However, I frequently get emails from Office 365 domains that are not encrypted...

In an educational context I'd say G Suite is a no brainer. Easy to manage, unlimited storage, great easy to use tools (New Sites, Classroom), devices that are a breeze to manage (Chromebooks/bases/boxes - with managed android apps as well soon) and the best tech support I've every had. But whatever you do staff training is key to maximising impact and minimising confusion. We've have been G Suite for years - but staff training - especially for new people is key to impact in the classroom.

Its meant to be a simple and quick way for users to make effective sites - which it is. Over the past 6 months or so that we have been in the trial, there has been far more engagement from teachers to build their own stuff which end up looking really good. It may look simple - but you can already make a really cool site in a few minutes with little knowledge of web development. There has been a steady introduction of new feature since the initial launch in June/July. Most if not all of the missing features are expected by the end of 2017 (2018 is scheduled for migration of old sites).

I'd not rush to migrate any existing stuff if you need features like page level permissions. They will be coming between now and when the old sites are phased out - not until 2018. We have been using the new sites since early this year and most new stuff is made using them now. Staff find it simple to make cool looking sites and they have been well received. New features have been trickling in over the last few months and will continue to do so until the feature sets are comparable to the old sites. Domain name mapping is another one which will come in time.

All our staff have Chromebooks. Mainly HP 11 G4's and Acer C738T (touch flip ones). Students have C738T's mainly. We use locally hosted SIMS and as other offer Remote Services via Ericom AccessNow and Secure Gateway - both quick and simple to setup. If you are a G Suite school Chromebooks are a bit of a no brainer and way easier to manage that PCs. Just a make sure staff are fully embedded in the Google Eco system.