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Full blurb here: Announcement: The Yammer Customer Network is moving. - Computer Products As per our previous post from last July, we're really enjoying using Yammer amongst the team here. We hope that this increases the number of Edu establishments that use it also, but what are your thoughts about Yammer? We'd be interested to hear how you use it (if at all) For example, we know it can be handy to teach social network skills/web safety to pupils and staff alike - all within a safe and secure internal environment? Or alternatively as an active message board to assist with organising certain projects or timetables for rooms/areas or equipment amongst staff? Communicating more effectively with parents? It'd be good to hear your thoughts Joe

A Nice Bonus for anyone at BETT looking at Clevertouch............. Clevertouch Promo.pdf

Hello Edugeekers, Continuing with aspects we cover as a company that you may or may not all know about - As many of you know we supply and install a number of different AV solutions into educational establishments. Recently we have found that the traditional dominance of Smart and Promethean IWBs is being rivalled and one of the outstanding competitors are Clevertouch and their range of Clevertouch Plus screens. Clevertouch With its integrated Android operating system, Clevertouch Plus is as easy to use as a tablet, but packed with a lot more features. Clevertouch Plus is the next generation of Clevertouch screen. Available in sizes 42", 55", 65", 70" and 84". Features • Integrated Android operating system with 8GB HDD and Wi-Fi • Narrow bezel and modern design • Front mounted USB ports for Android and PC • One-touch energy saving mode • Touch-control menu for on screen input selection • Full HD 1080p resolution on all range/ 4K resolution with 84" • Toughened anti glare glass • Integrated speakers • Freeze frame • Optional Blade PC • USB camera enabled (camera not supplied) • 5 year on-site de-install / re-install warranty (UK Mainland) Please see Educational Brochure below for more details. If you are interested in booking a demonstration, let us know and we can can come out to your school/college/university. Computer ProductsClevertouch Education Brochure smaller.pdf Likewise for any corporate customers who are interested we can do exactly the same, just let us know when and where. Chris

I wouldn't recommend factory resetting unless you have saved a copy of the current config (Administer-> Backup-> Save Backup) and have a full understanding of the configuration i.e. VLAN tagging, WPA2/PSK's, SSID's etc, however I would suggest this won't provide resolution for this issue. What lights are showing on the Access Points? On the ZoneDirector event log, what alarm is listed at around 7:30 on Sunday? Main thing is to check you have valid support on the ZD, if you PM me your serial number I will let you know the support status for the ZD as if you are covered then your reseller should really be running through the trouble shooting for you (it's what you are paying them for after all!), if you aren't we can assist on getting you covered and providing resolution. Thanks, Mark

Have you spoken to Smoothwall support also?

We're incredibly proud to announce that our in house Microsoft Consultant Andy Radcliffe has made the Technet 'IT Pro New Year's Honours List' IT Pro New Year’s Honours List 2015 - TechNet UK Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs Some of the members on this fine forum will have worked with Andy on various projects varying from Exchange Migrations through to Office 365 support and Sharepoint/Lync Deployments. Understanding the sheer volume of tech professionals that could have made this list makes us realise how fortunate we are to have him as part of our team. Here's to another interesting year in 2015, we have some exciting developments to share in the not-too distant future. Thanks for reading Joe

It should indeed be changeable, have you tried logging in as global admin and seeing if it is still greyed out? Thanks

It isn't the supplying at all, it is the more the post sales/post installation support. The part where most tend to disappear! It isn't a small, off the shelf purchase. It is a solution and as such needs be supported correctly. Chris

Hello Edugeekers, Continuing with aspects we cover as a company that you may or may not all know about - I can appreciate we may already deal with a lot of you with on a day to day basis and a lot of you may already use these products/services. For those of you who don't, this should hopefully shed a bit more light on who we are and what we offer. If you have any questions at any time regarding any of these posts please feel free to get in touch with us on 01536 316870 or email [email protected] Today is Leasing - We offer Leasing to our customers and have done for some time. We offer this through our leasing partner CHG Meridian. CHG-MERIDIAN (CHG) is one of the World´s leading manufacturer and bank independent providers of IT leasing and services in the field of information and communications technology. CHG have over 30 years experience in working in the education sector providing compliant Operating leases to help our customers improve their technology resources. In the UK alone, CHG leases IT equipment to more than 500 Local Authorities, Schools, Academies, HE/FE Establishments, Universities and other Public Sector entities. CHG is an approved Lessor on a number of Public Sector leasing frameworks. Compliant Operating Lease - Operating lease based on the true accounting treatment as stipulated by IFRS17 with rentals based on a Net Present Value of 89.99% - Lease duration will be less than the expected working life of the equipment. - At the end of the term, continued usage will be based on fair market value. Flexibility We offer tailor made ICT focused finance models from 12 months through to 36 months. Repayments can be made Monthly, Quarterly, Termly or Annually. Framework Approved Finance Framework Approved Finance: Using existing approved Public Sector leasing framework agreements offers pre-agreed and simple documentation. These include CPC, Unilink, LUPC, LPC, Sector and Procure. For more information please see the pdf below CHG - Educational Leasing.pdf Chris

Hello Edugeekers, Just quoted one of my customers on the below and have to say I was very impressed with these. Wasn't so much of an advert, it was more of a have any of you got these at your school/college and to see what your thoughts were? They cover devices that are up to 11.6" so are suitable for chromebooks and some of the ultrabooks currently available as well. Ergotron Tablet Charging Wall Mount 12 - cabinet unit Chris

Sorry, Only just clocked this! when you sign up for an Office 365 Subscription a tenant is created for you where you can manage all of your Office 365 Services and Settings Deployment planning tips for Office 365 Andy

Hello All Hot on the heels of the last story TechNet published to their site about our work with O365 and powershell, comes another interesting and practical read for those of you looking further into Azure and Powershell Lab Ops – Working with Azure VMs - Insufficient data from Andrew Fryer - Site Home - TechNet Blogs Happy reading Andy

If you are all working on the same tenant, you need to have different fqdn's for each participant. You can add multiple fqdns to a single tenant or you will need a separate trail tenant for each user. I'd suggest you create a tenant in advance as a spare in case there is a provisioning problem on the day of the training and one domain for each participant.

I'd hazard a guess its the dreaded foil backed insulation in the newer section; nightmare for signal penetration. As for the tinted glass, tend to find that the worst ones for RF are the metallized tints- as you can imagine coating glass in a layer of fine metal inst great for radio waves passing through it! As many of you have outlined coverage per AP is entirely down to the specific on-site environmental conditions and this really sums up why a proper site survey is needed, with real world signal testing, rather than the dreaded "guy with clipboard walking around taping on walls periodically" type that I come across all too frequently. Mark

A lot comes down to AP model with regard to client density capabilities, which models are currently deployed and which are being backfilled in? As mentioned AP per classroom isn't a great idea as Tx power even at its minimum transmit power will still lead to several AP's being visible to each other and increased packet collisions etc.. One thing I see quite frequently are misconfiguration within the ZD, if you didn't do the original deployment then its worth going through section by section to check that nothing silly has been ticked or unticked; particularly pertinent to this is checking whether load balancing is enabled. If you want to chat in more detail on it drop me a PM. Thanks, Mark

You can increase max client load per radio within certain restrictions based on the AP model; Which model is this? If you go to Configure-> Access Points-> select the relevant AP group (if you haven't set any then select default) and set the "Model Specific Control" to the AP model you have within the group, this should then allow you to increase it over the 100 client limit. Also under Configure-> WLANs-> select the relevant SSID and select advanced options, you will then see an option "Max Clients" you can then adjust this as well. to increase max load. One other thing- which encryption method are you using? Any problems drop me a line and i'll guide you through it. Mark [email protected]

Hello Edugeekers, I am going to be posting on here and showing aspects we cover as a company that you may or may not all know about. I can appreciate we may already deal with a lot of you with on a day to day basis and a lot of you may already use these products. For those of you who don't, this should hopefully shed a bit more light on who we are and what we offer. If you have any questions at any time regarding any of these posts please feel free to get in touch with us on 01536 316870 or email [email protected] If you already have an account with us then please get in touch with your account manager directly. Today it is Smoothwall - Smoothwall UTM is the all-in-one solution designed for UK schools. With so many schools changing status, or moving away from large authorities, there are a lot of new decisions to be made. Smoothwall aim to make life a little easier by offering a way to solve as many problems as possible with a single product. UTM provides a full suite of tools to keep your users, and your network, safe. Next-Generation Firewall Network security without multiple devices. Now includes Application Control to block elusive Layer 7 traffic. Real-Time Web Filtering Real-time content analysis protects you against content too new for URL lists — without having to block entire sites. Comprehensive Reporting View web activity on your network in real-time, or generate historical reports from hundreds of available templates. Email Security and Anti-Malware Protect your email users from spam and malware, and stop web-borne malware at the gateway using zero-day identification. More information please see the pdf below CPLTD - Smoothwall Brochure.pdf Chris

Office 365 ProPlus – free student eligibility for US , Faculty and Staff benefits available December 1st Worldwide New Self Sign-Up for Students – Office ProPlus – US only Beginning September 22, 2014, students eligible for free Office 365 ProPlus from their school can now take advantage of a new self-service sign up process that will allow them easier access to the Office 365 services, including a terabyte of storage with OneDrive for business and Office 365 ProPlus. To check their eligibility of the ProPlus benefit, students can go to Office in education and enter a school-provided email address. Worldwide availability will be later in the year. We’ll keep you posted….. Office 365 ProPlus Benefit Available for Faculty and Staff In addition, Microsoft is announcing that faculty and staff can access the same Office 365 ProPlus benefit as students. This means that any organization purchasing Office for 100% of their faculty and staff can now include an Office 365 ProPlus subscription at no extra cost for all students, faculty and staff. Worldwide availability is planned for December 1, 2014. Joe

This sounds like a job for the team at NEOS, we’ve worked with them for over 5 years now. In particular Lee Oakley, the man’s nothing short of a demi-god in my eyes. NEOS IT Training Ltd 01905 726222 01905 613001 [email protected] Joe

I'm sure we can help you out here Rob, shall drop you a PM. Thanks

DevilsAdvocate is indeed right, Dimensions (W x D x H) 43.5 x 38.3 x 4.3 cm, you've then got maybe another couple of inches depth to allow for the power lead etc. If you've got a spec in mind drop me a PM and I'll get over some smaller form factor options. Thanks, Mark

Hi Bertster Happy to quote - feel free to email me at [email protected] Regards Joe

Traktor is awesome but not the cheapest. It is a bit of a cheat regarding the mixing side of things, but it means you are free to add to it and so create a hell of a lot more while mixing. You will be truly amazed though. Hope it helps. Chris

Fortinet? Ruckus all the way on both cost and quality. Chris

Have a look at the Ruckus AC Access points as they are on offer currently. Not as cheap as the Unifi, but packed with more features and it doesn't always boil down to cost, sometimes best value wins out! Chris