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Hi, The O365 groups created by SDS will ususally be prefixed with Section_ as far as I remember, so the existing Distribution groups you have won't collide with the ones created by SDS.

Thanks Elsiegee, I'm the current technician so feel free to contact me on here if you have any questions etc.

Not too sure since we don't use W10 yet but doesn't the education version of W10 come without cortana?

We use the paid version, worth every penny in my opinion, use it to deploy a multitude of different software including Office 2016 as well as deploy scripts, install fonts and other stuff.

Yeh, in AD I can see the correct path in the "connect" part, the folder is also created and the permissions are correct.

I'm using a script to create new users and everything is working fine however when I try and log on with a user that has been created with this script it gives me the following error: [color=#303336][font=inherit]A [/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Problem[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] has occurred and your network home directory is not available[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color] [color=#303336][font=inherit] [/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]This[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] may be because a network file server is offline[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] [/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]You[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] have been logged on with a temporary home drive [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]([/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]H[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit][/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] which may be shared [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]with other users[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color] The script creates the user and applies the correct permissions from what I can tell. Here's the script: [color=#858C93][font=inherit]# Import active directory module for running AD cmdlets[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] [/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Import[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]-[/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Module[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] activedirectory [/font][/color][color=#858C93][font=inherit]#Store the data from ADUsers.csv in the $ADUsers variable[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $ADUsers [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Import[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]-[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]csv [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]\Create_Staff_Accounts[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]csv [/font][/color][color=#858C93][font=inherit]#Loop through each row containing user details in the CSV file [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] foreach [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]([/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$User [/font][/color][color=#101094][font=inherit]in[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $ADUsers[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit])[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]{[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] [/font][/color][color=#858C93][font=inherit]#Read user data from each field in each row and assign the data to a variable as below[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $Username [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]username $Password [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]password $Firstname [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]firstname $Lastname [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]lastname $OU [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]ou [/font][/color][color=#858C93][font=inherit]#This field refers to the OU the user account is to be created in[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $group [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]group $title [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]title $start [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]start $Homedrive [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]"H:"[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $UserRoot [/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]=[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]"\\servername\st$\" $HomeDirectory = $UserRoot + $Username #Check to see if the user already exists in AD if (Get-ADUser -F {SamAccountName -eq $Username}) { #If user does exist, give a warning Write-Warning "[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]A user account with username $Username already exists [/font][/color][color=#101094][font=inherit]in[/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Active[/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Directory[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" } else { #User does not exist then proceed to create the new user account #Account will be created in the OU provided by the $OU variable read from the CSV file New-ADUser ` -SamAccountName $Username ` -Name "[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$Firstname $Lastname[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" ` -UserPrincipalName "[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]([/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$username[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit])[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]@domain[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#101094][font=inherit]local[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" ` -GivenName $Firstname ` -Surname $Lastname ` -Enabled $True ` -DisplayName "[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$Firstname $Lastname[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" ` -Path $OU ` -AccountPassword (convertto-securestring $Password -AsPlainText -Force) ` -Homedrive $Homedrive ` -HomeDirectory $HomeDirectory ` -ScriptPath "[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]logonscript[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]bat[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" ` -Description "[/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Staff[/font][/color][color=#2B91AF][font=inherit]Account[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]:[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]([/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$title[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit])[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] from[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]:[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit] $[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]([/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$start[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit])[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" #-ChangePasswordAtLogon $True ` #Now create the home folder and set modify permissions Add-ADGroupMember -Identity $group -Members $Username Add-ADGroupMember -Identity groupname -Members $Username Add-ADGroupMember -Identity groupname -Members $Username New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]\\servername\st$\$[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]([/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]username[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit])[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" $path = Get-Item -Path "[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]\\servername\st$\$[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]([/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]$User[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit].[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit]username[/font][/color][color=#303336][font=inherit])[/font][/color][color=#7D2727][font=inherit]" $acl = (Get-Item $path).GetAccessControl('Access') $AR = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($Username, 'Modify', 'ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit', 'None', 'Allow') $acl.SetAccessRule($AR) Set-Acl -Path $Path -AclObject $acl } } [/font][/color] Thank you for your help and support.

We initially had this problem with restricted mode, it blocks all sorts of videos that teachers use on a regular basis, even ones we would consider fine for students to watch, we had to then use the moderate restricted mode. It still causes issues however it's not as bad as fully restricted. More info here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/6214622?hl=en Regarding "his video is Restricted. Try signing in from a Google Apps Account" This only refers to unblocking videos if you're managing YouTube access using Google Apps I believe? not a normal gmail account.

I know the original issue is solved but I thought I'll chime in, Happend to me on my computer few days back and I managed to sort it out by deleting the contents of C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution

Hi Edugeek Last week I captured a reference image using MDT to deploy over the network. Problem I'm having is that once the image has been deployed and the computer restarts it asks me for to setup a local username and computer name. I've used MDT before where I would just deploy a fresh install of Windows 7 and it would use all the settings from the wizard. Is there any way to skip this so that it uses the computer name that it asks for in the MDT wizard and the Administrator account just like normal MDT deployments? Thanks edugeeks

I configured it using OCT since we wanted different products available for students and staff deployed it using PDQ Deploy, I had two weeks in the summer to do 450 computers, was done in a week and spent some time testing around 50 machines randomly. It uninstalled Office 2010 for me as well. I added the following into PDQ Deploy: "\\servername\Software$\MS_Office_2016\setup.exe" /adminfile "\\servername\Software$\MS_Office_2016\staff.msp"

Thanks for this! much appreciated. I've just tested it on a laptop and it worked. Going to test it on a few computers. again, thank you very much.

Hi all, We upgraded to Office 2016 over the summer and I've just noticed a common issue people have been complaining about. By default presenter view (under the slideshow tab) is ticked in PowerPoint which causes the display settings to change to extended when a presentation starts. Problem is, when you're done with the presentation it doesn't go back to duplicate. Only way to turn this off that I know of is by manually going to every teacher machine whilst they're logged on and turning it off which would be fine if the classes were not used by multiple teachers. Anyone know of a way I can sort this problem out? I googled and there is a way to do it in the registry but that only seems to work for Office 2013. I also cannot find a GPO setting for this. Anyone else come across this issue? Any help would be appreciated.

Mate you're a star! I'm so stupid. All I did was - Change the paper source from plain to colour and it started working again. Thanks!

Hi Edugeeks, I'm having an Issue with a printer and was wondering if any of you have come across it. The printer in question is a Kyocera 1128 MFP. Issue: Screen displays the following error: Load Paper in MP Tray A4 Colour Problem: The printer is a mono printer, doesn't print in colour. I cannot seem to get it to recognise any other tray now, has 2 normal trays and 1 MP Tray. I've set the default tray to be cassette one on the printer as well as the server and online portal to see if it would solve the issue but nothing. The screen displays an option underneath the error which says [Paper] when I press the button it gives me the 3 trays. When I try to select any other tray it tells me "Cannot Change" Things I've tried. Added paper to all trays including MP tray. Tried to print another document. Turned it off and on again Cleared all jobs going to it. Unplugged power and network. Re-configured it through our print server (delete the printer and re-added) Called Kyocera support (They didn't believe me that I had restarted it and unplugged the network cable since it was still asking for paper lol) I have a gut feeling I'm missing something. Any suggestions would be welcome and appreciated.

The laptop is in a laptop box that is mounted to the wall, yeh, I was just planning to load the presentation on both. I didn't think of VNC, that would be great! Only time it wouldn't work really is when we have our celebration evening in the town hall, but once it's not a problem to be honest. That would be a bit tricky for us since we don't have much space on our lectern, also, we don't have a floor box to plug it into. Thanks for the suggestion though. Much appreciated.

Hi Edugeeks, I was wondering if anyone can suggest or help with something I'm trying to achieve. Every now and then we have a presentation given by our Head Teacher and others to parents etc. He uses a podium and always requests for a screen so that he doesn't have to look at the projection on the wall to know what slide he is on. Until now, we've been using a VGA splitter to output to the projector as well as the screen on the podium whilst keeping the laptop screen on as well. However the problem with this is the setup takes too long and there's just too much cable management etc to do since I have to use 10m cables. I was thinking, instead of outputting to both the projector and the screen I can output to the projector and place a surface pro on the podium for him to see. However I can't seem to find a presentation clicker that allows me to control two computers with one clicker. Does any one know of a solution or if there are any clickers out in the market that will allow me to control two computers with one clicker by placing the USB recievers into both computers (they're usually programmed to only receive from the one they're paired with) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Kind regards