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Smashing, that has worked a treat. Thanks. I've also found a dell audio control from reinstalling the driver which would do the job too.

And even more years later.... Anyone ever get this sorted? How to allow pupils to change the volume levels of a microphone without allowing access to the whole of control panel. I can't see a "Sound" Setting where I'm expecting to see one in Group Policy / User / Policies / Administrative Templates / Control Panel / ?????

It didn't for us using extension attributes, trying cases and variations on names etc. So just used Fax instead and worked . Azure name - faxNumber Remember to use a forward slash, so students/Year07 Use Mail Enabled Security Groups in Microsoft for Group Transfer, they can be Security Groups for the provisioning.

Hi were looking to have a look at using Google Gemini for free for a group of staff in part of our MAT and not particularly using anything else in the near future. https://edu.google.com/intl/ALL_uk/ai/gemini-for-education/ We would be using Microsoft for Authentication so no extra credentials for staff (or pupils if we ever got there) A couple of questions for those of you who have already done this sort of thing. Have you signed up as MAT or individual schools. (Are there any limits to Fundamentals) What do you do with those who despite not permitting it, signed up for a google account using their school email? What OU structure do you use in a MAT, either of the below or something else. MAT School1 Staff Support Teaching SLT Pupils KeyStage YearGroup School2 MAT Staff School1 Support Teaching School2 Students School1 School2 If anyone particularly has any gotchas in this situation where we aren't looking at all to switch productivity suites but just make the most of the available Google freebies

Did you ever get a resolution for this. Apart from the "Its a classroom management issue"?

Hi All, I've been at a few conferences lately with speakers suggesting that you should choose "either" Google or Microsoft in your institution / mat and stick with it. My take of this really is they are saying "Choose microsoft" as if your organisation talks to anyone else or sends anything anywhere they tend to need a microsoft format in some form or other. We work in a hybrid way but are thinking about changing this split, hence this post. Currently :- 3-18 We have given departments complete autonomy on choosing the best tools for their department. This has led to a bit of a mixed economy for pupils, so we are looking to guide more. All Staff have a Chromebook and access any microsoft services via a remote sessions and remote working. Some Teaching Staff have a Windows PC on their desk at the front of classroom or, 3-11 and Maths (Promethean) , DT (Sketchup, 2D Design), Music (Sibelius),Art (Photoshop) USB-c Dock and use their Chromebook if not above for all other departments. Office Only staff have a Windows PC for their day to day job. (SIMS Finance and HR all spit out Microsoft based files for working on) Email GMail 3-11 Pupils can access a PC or Chromebook or iPad depending on the task at hand and age of the pupil. 11-18 Pupils - 1-1 Chromebook Post 16 Pupils 1-1 Chromebook and BYOD option MACs for Music Production. (Garage Band and Logic) We have a VLE for "curriculum resource" and Intranet style functions. Google - Curriculum Facing resources and contact with pupils. Anyone who has asked can have a "Google Shared Drive" so is used for Management and Microsoft - Back office functions etc. Windows on site for shared drives, though we have moved home drives to OneDrive. The migration away from "Windows Shared Drives" to the next cloud based iteration is where we are thinking where do we draw the line for clarity? Along with many others the reason is cost reduction and improved remote access to resources. (To a large extent we will be able to remove our remote desktop solution). Streamlined ways of working with Power Automate or Google Apps Script How do you split and guide staff on what to use where, and where is the split? Do we jump to more google for the online services OR fire up teams and sharepoint? We could say all T&L is google and Back office is Microsoft, but what about reports on pupil performance? Is that "Google or Microsoft"? Just thinking about what others do and how do you do it? Where is your split? I'm not imagining a future where we are all one or the other as I think that does close the door on great functions either side. John

We are experiencing the same. Spent years getting rid of "multiple instances of the same person" and Edulink suggests we should go back to that nightmare. So far I can't see a way around. @SchoolDM What do you mean you have created "2 profiles"?

Even though it isn't supported by the ESS Roadmap, has anyone been running SIMS on Windows server 2022 and SQL 2019? John

Hi All, There is a lot of information here about moving MIS and chatter about people moving away from SIMS. Just wondering for those who have what they have done about the need to keep some historical data? Attendance, SEND, Communications, Exam Results, telephone and addresses? Have you transferred historical data to the new MIS? Kept SIMS in a switched off state and switch it on if you need to check anything? Created an encrypted PDF of the "Person Output" for each pupil? Created a report of the relevant data and saved as an "encrypted pdf"? For those of you who have gone "cloud" what happens if you wish to switch cloud provider, are there mechanisms to keep this active even though you don't have a support contract?

SIMS connected is one way... But the horror stories i'm reading here don't fill me with joy!

Was there any recordings of these webinars?

Don't get me started about SIMS not being cloud native yet. But anyway, we are in a world where we are still using SIMS but would like to use a web browser to take lesson registers and submit behaviours and achievements. (Not really worried about any other functions) What options are out there? I've had a look at Emerge Desktop, but that doesn't seem to cope very well with "multiple Timetables" which we run. Does anyone have any recommendations? (Apart from ditch SIMS)

We are just having a rethink about how we provision Music Studio / Sound and Light / Production Support. (Sound and Light Team SALT) Currently we have generalist internal staff and a small group of pupils covering after school events, school productions and concerts with help from other teaching and support staff who are interested. It is a couple of productions for a few days each, and a couple of music concerts a few days each with weekend practices before, and any other events that require some sound and light involvement eg Dance Show's, Outside bookings, fashion shows etc. We are contemplating different structures to look after this sort of thing. We might carry on as we are, or one might be a role of "SALT / Music Tech". Does anyone have any examples of job descriptions / rates of pay etc? Or do you "hire in" support when it comes to those times? As ever there are many ways to skin a cat and this is another one of those, or if anyone is aware of a "Music Tech in education forum" similar to this please point me at it. How do you do it?

Hi All, We have an ageing infrastructure on premis and were looking if we can make some efficiencies in using either / both Google Drive or Microsoft 365 the default storage location for our on premis Windows systems instead of 20 TB of storage in our SAN across home drives and shared drives. Using the syncing tools that are out there or the onedrive applications to present a drive letter on windows PCs to some users who aren't willing or able (old software which is necessary to still be used) Anyone have any positive / negative experiences they are willing to share?

Updates returning to SIMS pretty quick so if we were using it for our attendance, would it be upto date? And do you write back to behaviour and achievement?