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Hi guys, historically the sims client has been on the workstation images at our school, installed via the SimsInst.exe and then automatically upgraded when logged in. We just upgraded to Windows 7 with clean images and I have automated pretty much everything apart from sims. My knowledge of sims is quite limited so forgive me if the answer to this is easy but i was wondering if there is a way to deploy the client silently. Can I snapshot an MSI? Are there silent install switches? Thanks in advance

Hi all, I work at a K-8 school and we are using Meraki by Cisco as our Mobile Device Management solution. This seems to be working just fine but with the release of iOS 7 we are trying to figure out how to use all of the new features included pertaining to MDM. We have about 300 iPad 2s deployed. The teachers would love to be able to use free apps and, using Apple's VPP, paid apps. Right now we have to manually enter any redemption code into Meraki and then on each and every iPad log in using the Apple ID and password associated with the license purchased. I am aware, via several sources, that Apple now allows you to "silently" install apps. How can we do this? Anyone have any other tips to help in the deployment of the apps with the new iOS 7 features? Thanks,Colby

We have a HP ProCurve 2900-48G in a classroom but the teacher is rightly complaining about the amount of noise it generates. I've found a couple of threads about silent switches in the past but nothing recent. So far the only solutions I've seen involve replacing or disconnecting fans. I would happily cut a hole in the top of the existing switch and install a large 12v quiet fan but obviously that would void the warranty. Our goal moving forward is to only purchase switches with gigabit ports and 10Gb uplinks but I'm almost positive there aren't any switches that will give us 48xGb ports plus a 10Gb uplink without a fan. Any suggestions on how to overcome this issue? Space isn't a concern so we'd be happy with a less dense 2 or 3RU switch if it meant it ran quietly (POE not required). We considered moving the cabinet but it is too expensive and our suggestion to swap classrooms (with a more lightly used room) was shot down. Other suggestions have included soundproofing the cabinet but if the cabinet temperature gets too high there goes your warranty anyway...

Has anyone managed to get an unattended / silent install of the workstation component of SIMS to work? We're reinstalling every PC in school this summer and I want to minimise the manual installs of software that we currently have to do manually. Chris