SimonWindisch

In case this helps anyone, check the event log for Administrative Events I got Software Installation failed to deploy package xxxxxxxxx.msi. The following error was encountered: Another installation is already in progress. Complete that installation before proceeding with this install. I logged out, logged back in and it worked.

Hi there, I've been asked by the school office to recommend a seller for refurbished iPhones. Has anyone done this? Thanks - Simon

If you want to find out which computers have metered connections with Configuration Manager (SCCM) then the CMPivot query is Registry('hklm:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DusmSvc\Profiles\*\*') | where Property == 'UserCost' Value = 2 means it's metered

Hi all, Firstly, I'm not an expert, so please be gentle with me... I logged onto Teams admin, and it offered me a chance to "easily apply policies for a safe learning environment" I chose 1. Select your institution type = Primary or Secondary, 2. Select your educators and staff group = 3. Review and apply your selections = Apply 4. The action failed (!!!) What it seems to have done is put all pupils into a Messaging Policy with most chat setting turned off, and was trying to put all staff into a Messaging Policy group called "Primary or Secondary Educators and Staff - Messaging", but it failed. After this, chat was turned off for staff. My fix was the following Powershell script $groupName="" $Userlist = Get-AzureADGroupMember -ObjectId (Get-AzureADGroup | Where { $_.DisplayName -eq $groupName }).ObjectId | Select UserPrincipalName foreach($line in $Userlist) { $userId = $line.UserPrincipalName Write-Host $userId Grant-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy -PolicyName "Primary or Secondary Educators and Staff - Messaging" -Identity $userId }

I queried all the meetings, and I got this back Hi Simon, The profile you have filled out is for Connect @ Bett, our new meetings programme. This indicated you would want to participate in meetings at Bett. To clarify, Bett is slightly different this year as you can now only meet with solution providers via Connect @ Bett, there will be no off-the-cuff meetings on the show floor. So if you are looking to meet with anyone at all, I’d recommend participating and filling out your availability to reflect the amount of time you wish to be in meetings. If you are sure you don’t wish to participate in Connect, I can remove your participation and switch your ticket type over. ... Then I got this Thanks for letting me know. I have switched your ticket to a non-buyer one now and removed your participation in Connect. Your ticket will be emailed over to you 2 weeks prior to the show.

Updated to V22, so far so good... I installed via SCCM, added the .MST file created from the following settings 0 1 Contents/Packages/SMART Product Update.pkg 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 0 1

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In answer to the licencing status question

Smart basic is free according to https://support.smarttech.com/docs/software/notebook/notebook-basic/en/about/about-notebook-basic.cshtml maybe they just turned it off for version 19, and maybe an upgrade to version 22 will fix this? Simon - - - Updated - - - Are you version 19?

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Hi there, My teachers are telling me that they can't get past this screen. I'm not in school at the moment, but I think it's Smart V19. We don't have Smart licenses, but they've always been able to use the limited function version by logging in with their school (Microsoft) accounts. Is anyone else experiencing this? Thanks - Simon

Hi there, We are moving from SIMS to Arbor, and I've been asked to help with the "Primary Onboarding - Pre Migration Data Checks" Are there any pre-written RptDef files for SIMS, or do we all have to build our own. I can't find the start and end dates for FSM eligibility etc. Thanks - Simon

Hi there, I'd like to use the Booking App, but we only have M365 A1 licensing and Booking requires A3 licensing. Do I need to get an A3 license for the whole school, or just for one user in order to use it? Thanks! Simon

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Hi there I've been searching for this, and couldn't find the answer stated directly, so I thought it would be helpful to spell it out here, for others to find... In Word there is a button to insert online images, it does a Bing image search within Word. Some of these results are not child-safe, and there might be a requirement to disable this button This can be done by Group Policy (GPO) User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2016 -> Disable Items in User Interface -> Custom -> Disable Commands Set this to Enabled and add an ID value of 20868 (otherwise known as ClipArtInsertDialog (I know!!!)) Users linked to this Group Policy will have the "Online Pictures" button greyed out. You will need the Administrative Template files for Office 2016/9 to see this GPO setting This also works in Word 2019 (with the Office 2016 GPO template)