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I have gone through problems with SIMS Options last week and some very familiar sounding symptoms. When users logged in and got the blank screen, we had to reinvite them to SIMS ID. Get the students to use an InPrivate browser window, copy and paste the link and invitation code and then verify their DOB. If at this point they got a blank yellow box above they had to restart the process of opening the InPrivate Browser windows, register with external service, click google/microsoft, sign in, paste invitation code and it would then verify DOB on the second attempt. After this they would have then been able to access Options Online. This has happened the last 2 or 3 times we have used the system. I spoke with ESS support on the phone and they advised that they were having issues with the load on their servers which was causing these problems where by users were accepting invitations but the backend system was not completing the registration on the server. But then there was no helpful errors to point that out. Apparently they have since increased their server resources so time will tell.

I can't say I've looked that hard at this but how do they configure the folder for the NEA work?

Can you do something on your firewall to drop all internet traffic but then above that rule have one that only allows internet traffic to the Adobe URLs/endpoints that are needed to run the software? But obviously scope the rules out to match exam user accounts or something?

I've got a demo/call with Auvik today to look at what they offer. I like the fact that it is cloud manageable and the interface seems pretty nice and easy. Does anyone know how it compares to the IMC or the open source alternatives?

How does IMC work? Is it a cloud based solution that gives a whole overview of the Aruba devices?

Afternoon, I'm just wondering what if any people are using to monitor and manage their switching infrastructure? Are there any central management tools people use, anything that does things like configuration backups, firmware updates? Remote management? Cheers

Morning, I'm using Sophos Central for email and endpoint/server protection. Generally speaking it's pretty good and I can't say I've had any real problems with it. For pricing have a chat with Lee at Wave9 @Wave9_Lee he sorted all my Sophos out and was very competitive. Made everything nice and easy and they are a decent company to work with Hope that helps.

All good, finally managed to Google properly. Here's the answer in case anyone else comes across the issue. https://securitymusings.com/article/1733/cant-create-a-new-certificate-template-to-issue

Good Morning, I have just migrated my CA to a new server as the old one was failing to install Windows Updates. There were a load of custom templates in the CA which I can still see when I manage the templates but I am unable to get the CA to offer them as templates to issue. What have I done wrong or how can I get the CA to use these templates? Thanks

I never got it to be able to work with logging in. However after talking to their support I was able to get a work around. Basically they gave me a user.json file which had to be placed into the AppData and then it bypassed the login and essentially made the program work in what they call offline mode. I will dig it out today and ping up what they sent me.

How do you go about providing Vimeo with your external IP to get a filtered Vimeo? I've had a couple of requests about websites that host Vimeo videos which people want unblocking.

That's perfect, thank you!

Afternoon, Does anyone else have issues with opening Password protected documents from within Teams? If anyone can point me in the direction of where Microsoft actually call it a limitation that would also be great. Thanks!

I have never been given the money to purchase it but might be worth looking at Admissions+ They seem to be up to the job and allow import into SIMS

I guess I'm just thinking real worst case scenario. It's good that it scans the files being backed up. Last thing you would want is a ransomeware file sitting dormant when you use the backup to restore after an attack. I just wonder how far you can mitigate the risks and whether there are other protections that could be put in place alongside it, short of paying out thousands for cloud storage. Also what retention policy are people using? 30 days, 90 days, longer?

Is there not still a threat from Ransomeware despite the files being scanned and the Synology or even the backups being encrypted? I'm looking into backing up 365 now and the Synology is definitely what I am looking at but still have concerns that if the school is ever hit with Ransomware it could infect the Synology as it is still connected to the network.

Is there way in the Microsoft Compliance Center to conduct a search that will find out who has access and downloaded a file from a Sharepoint site/team? If so how?

Good Afternoon, Just a quick question regarding the licensing of ActivInspire. We have got licenses which I believe were from when our old IWBs were purchased. Although it was many years ago before I started and information has been lost. If we were to replace projectors and IWBs with new interactive screens of any make, how does the ActivInspire license work? Would it have just been a perpetual license meaning that the software could still be used or are there other problems? Thanks

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/enterprise-software/223569-id-badge-printing.html

Wave9 is an absolutely quality company to work with. Very impressed. I'm happy for you to PM me if you need any further reference information or anything.

Morning All, Annoyingly our students are able to change the lock screen image through the native Photos app. Does anyone know a way to stop this? Access to settings is already restricted. Thanks

Morning, I am setting up Freshservice as our helpdesk system but have an annoying issue that hopefully someone may be able to help with. I have got everything working fine but a rather annoying problem is the Sophos Smart Banners which display on the helpdesk email notifications saying "Warning!This message was sent from outside your organization and we are unable toverify the sender." What I would like to do is remove this banner from the emails. Currently the helpdesk has an email address of [email protected] which then forwards into the Freshservice email system and comes back through the Freshservice email but displaying and replying to the internal email address. Has anyone come across a solution for this? Cheers

The software is called CardExchange Enterprise Edition v10 and the company that are selling it are packaging it with HiTi CS-200e Single sided ID Card Printer with I'm just waiting to get sign off on the purchase before I can test, but from what I'm told essentially all the card design and printing is all done in CardExchange which links with AD and then Salamander can handle all the syncs between SIMS/AD and Net2.

So I have finally had Paxton installed and used that to setup the card templates with Salamander syncing all the details and photos through to Net2. I am however now looking at a new piece of software which will be able to read the Mifare token when a card is printed and write it back to AD which Salamander will then be able to write into Net2, so that would make the whole ID badge printing much quicker and easier. I would then just have to work out a way to get all new sixth formers pictures in SIMS before school photo day so that they can get their badges at the start of each year.

So I'm going to be setting up a new laptop later today with Windows 11 and Intune again. When I looked last week, in the full context menu when I clicked on the Share option (which didn't have the OneDrive icon next to it) it did then bring up the OneDrive box to share with users. I have not changed anything though and that option used to bring up the Windows sharing box to add domain or local users, so I'm not really sure what has changed. I do need to look into the Windows Store though I am having some strange issues on that still.