Network Managers Forum 23 rd April 2015. Agenda 8.30am – Breakfast 9.05am – Welcome and Schools...

Network Managers Forum23rd April 2015

Agenda• 8.30am – Breakfast

• 9.05am – Welcome and Schools ICT UpdateJason Waring, ICT Schools Service Relationship Manager

• 9.20am – “The Link” UpdateRichard May, Schools ICT Transition Manager

• 9.55am – SIMS Autumn ReleaseJon Osborn, Schools ICT Operations Consultant

• 10.15am – SQL MigrationJon Osborn, Schools ICT Operations Consultant

• 10.30am – Break

• 11.00am – Teacher App DemoGeorge Rowlands, Schools ICT Senior Training Officer

• 11.30am – eSafeguardingDiscussing social media, regulations and eSafeguarding

Chris Whitelaw, Schools ICT Senior Training Officer

• 12.30pm – Close

Welcome and Schools ICT UpdateJason Waring, ICT Schools Service Relationship Manager

“The Link” Update

Richard May, Schools ICT Transition Manager

Backhaul Update

East Sussex Schools

Hove Exchange

County Hall Tunbridge Wells Exchange

Telehouse

RM Network Easynet Network

JANET Internet500Mb

500M

b

1Gb

1Gb

2Gb

Original Configuration:

Please excuse the poor diagram!

Backhaul UpdateUpdated Configuration:

Another bad example of using Visio in a rush!

East Sussex Schools

Hove Exchange

Tunbridge Wells Exchange

Telehouse

RM Network Easynet Network

JANET Internet1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

2Gb

FWA Migration Project

• Coming to the end of a seven year contract for FWA circuits

• Schools were connected via a variety of topologies

• Some connect through multiple schools

• Some connect through secondary schools

• Others connect through other council buildings

• Often third party masts were used

FWA Migration Project

Replacing FWA

• Some schools were already migrated onto new circuits in 2014

• Usually where existing ‘hub’ sites were being decommissioned

e.g. Newhaven and The Grove

• c130 schools still left running FWA this year

• Where possible using Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC)

• Alternatively using Ethernet First Mile (EFM)

• Some sites (<20) where neither is currently available

• Still investigating options for these sites including ADSL, Bonded

ADSL, Satellite Broadband and even FWA

Timescales

• FWA Contract expires end of August 2015

• Main project work began at the start of the year

• 3 visits required per site

• Planning on completing rollout by End of July

• Hoping to complete most sites by End of June

• Might have to pick up a few visits in the summer

FWA Decomission

• Will begin decommissioning after the summer

• All existing and no longer required aerials will be removed

• Further information to follow

Current Progress

FTTC EFM Total % Complete

Total Number of Sites 94 14 108

Stage 1Pre check visits complete 92 14 106

81%Pre site checks signed off 83 5 88

Stage 2

BT 1st Visit to be confirmed 23 11 34

44%BT 1st Visit arranged 23 3 26

BT 1st Visit Complete 48 0 48

Stage 3

BT 2nd Visit to be confirmed 48 14 62

26%BT 2nd Visit arranged 18 0 18

BT 2nd Visit Complete 28 0 28

Stage 4

Site migration to be confirmed 54 14 68

7%site migration visit arranged 32 0 32

Site migration Complete 8 0 8

Managed Services

• Will soon begin a review of the existing ESEN Managed Services

• Filtering

• Firewall

• DNS

• SMTP Filtered Feeds

• Web Hosting

• etc…

SIMS Autumn Release

Jon Osborn, Schools ICT Operations Consultant

SIMS Spring Update

System support (Retirement dates)

System Last Supported Date

Windows XP Summer 2013

Windows Vista Spring 2013

Windows Server 2003 Summer 2013

Office 2003 Autumn 2012

Office 2007 Autumn 2013

SQL Server 2008 R1 Spring 2015

SQL Server 2008 R2 Spring 2015

SOLUS2 Spring 2016 will the be final release that will be available on SOLUS2

System support (New support dates)

System New Support Start Date

SQL Server 2012SQL Server 2014

Spring 2013Autumn 2014

Windows 8Windows 8.1

Spring 2013Spring 2014

Windows Server 2012Windows Server 2012 R2

Spring 2013Spring 2014

Office 2013Internal use of Office 2010

Spring 2014Summer 2014

SIMS – Spring Release 2015

• Release Date 30th March 2015

• Support NET Document ID: 110315

• Schools ICT will potentially release on Wednesday 29th April

• Several report issues which may mean a re-release

• We may delay release if Spring 2 will be available

SIMS – Spring Release 2015

• The SIMS 2015 Spring Release contains updates to:– Admissions– Assessment, – Attendance, – Course Manager,– Exams Organiser, – InTouch, – NOVA-T6, – SIMS Personnel, – Partnership – Exchange, – SIMS Learning Gateway – Teacher App.

SOLUS 3 • SOLUS 3.9 current release

• Support for SQL 2014,

• Better migration tools for moving SIMS to new servers.

• Agent automatic retry if machine off or unavailable

• Upgrades: timeout period extended to increase success rate

• Schools ICT is underway with SOLUS 3 migration• SOLUS2 – Last release available will be Spring 2016 for both Maintained and

Academy – Only Independent schools by 1st September 2015• Currently have a master SOLUS 3 server and testing10 pilot schools for the spring

release.

SOLUS 3 • SOLUS 3.9 current release

• Support for SQL 2014,

• Better migration tools for moving SIMS to new servers.

• Agent automatic retry if machine off or unavailable

• Upgrades: timeout period extended to increase success rate

• Schools ICT is underway with SOLUS 3 migration• SOLUS2 – Last release available will be Spring 2016 for both Maintained and

Academy – Only Independent schools by 1st September 2015• Currently have a master SOLUS 3 server and testing10 pilot schools for the spring

release.

InTouch • Has anyone moved across to the SSM?

– How did it go?– Was it easy?– Is it working better now?

• Spring Changes: – Scheduler service re-write for inclusion in SIMS Service Manager – Removal of manual input fields on install to make process even more automated – Remove need for: – Data service address – Hosted service address – Routing service address – Exam reminders fully automated – Templates moved to School Databases to improve performance – Improve Emergency Alerts Visibility – Ability to flag and organise messages within School and Individual InTouch Mailboxes

Teacher App

•Live Demo after Break

•Has anyone seen this before/using it?

• Spring Updates:– SIMS Dinner Money integration (Now summer term) – Assessment Mark sheet enhancements – Student detail enhancements – User interface updates

Questions?

Any more questions please contact

Email: [email protected]

Web: czone.eastsussex.gov.uk/ict

Twitter: @ESCCSchoolsICT / @schoolsapps

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SQL Migration

Jon Osborn, Schools ICT Operations Consultant

SQL Migration

Background

•SQL2008 R1 & R2 will not be supported after Summer 2015 release

•SQL2014 - Now supported

•Migration Tools (2012 & 2014) and documentation on FTP – 10.135.51.101 or 217.180.30.142 – Username: sqlmigration – Password: sqlmigration– Re-Index patched for SIMS & FMS

• These will be updated to work on Spring shortly

– Text file with download location and password to extract– InTouch Re-Configuration guide

Migration

•Fairly simple process

•Things to check OS is Server 2008 R1 SP2 or above for SQL2012 OS is Server 2008 R2 or above for SQL2014 Space on disks being used 3rd Party software that connects to SIMS/FMS

•Install SQL2012 or 2014 (express/standard) Please set instance name SQL2012 or SQl2014 if Schools ICT do your

upgrades

•Run Re-Index patches for SIMS & FMS Shrinks log files and sets restore point to simple Available on the FTP

• Create backups

• Run Migration Tool: Screen below is final screen once all the connections from old and new instances

have been entered

• Re-directing SIMS/FMS• If connect.ini files are using redirect S:\SIMS then not needed• Same for FMS• Can use group policy to change these on clients if needed

• It is recommended that Discover and SIMS are migrated at the same time.

• Check SIMS/FMS/Discover are working

• Change any connection files for 3rd Party software and test

• InTouch re-configuration document on the FTP

Performance issues

• Capita – they are advising to postpone SQL 2008 to SQL 2014 until the performance issues have been resolved

• Change database to 2012 compatibility mode

Pricing

• Per core price for 2014 (per 2 core (min purchase 4)) - £439 (£878 min.)

• CALs - £27

• SQL Server Std Single MVL - £115

• As a guide if your school has 28+ users we would suggest Per Core Licencing

• Flyer available

• Secondary schools will typically use SQL Server Standard

What we can offer for IT11 and IT12 Schools:

•Schools ICT can facilitate a remote migration for IT11/IT12 schools*

•All IT10 Premier schools have successfully migrated to SQL 2012 Express

•Please register interest early if using our services and want a May half term date as it is already being booked up and resource may not be available for long

•See flyer for more information

*prices are subject to completion of checklist.

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Teacher App Demo

George Rowlands, Schools ICT Senior Training Officer

The SIMS Teacher App

We believe that great teaching matters and every school can be outstanding

The SIMS Teacher App allows teachers to do more of what they do best...teach

Attendance registration

Conduct – achievement/behaviour

Student/teacher timetables

Student & teacher search

Cover & Emergency cover

Student Details

Assessment marksheets

Automated school sign-up

Offline Working (summer term)

Teacher App: PrioritiesTeacher App functionality:

Roadmap – looking ahead

Dinner Money, AWoL, PP/SEN details, record image, seating planner, student summary+, alerts, lesson reflection

Sign in with

Microsoft

(summer term)

(from Easter)

School - SIMS (Local or Centrally Hosted)

How does the Teacher app work?

No data is stored in Cloud

Data is only transferred in real-time & encrypted

SIMS Services Manager configuration

24/7-365 secure web access to management console

School always controls which devices and which teachers have access

School can block a registered device immediately

Unique device association key

3-step teacher activation process

Teacher App Introductory Pricing

1 Year Subscription 3 Year Subscription

STANDARD PRICING:

All school types£2.00 per pupilper year

10% discount: £1.80 per pupil, per year

Min charge: £200 per year for schools with less than 100 pupils on roll / Max charge: £2,500 per year

SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY SCHOOL PRICING:

Capita Hosted SLG school

Included as part of the school’s Capita Hosted SLG subscription

Self-Hosted SLG school

£1.00 per pupil,per year

as per 1 year subscription

Min charge: £100 per year for schools with less than 100 pupils on roll / Max charge: £1,250 per year

The SIMS Teacher App

Trusted

Easy-to-use

Unique SIMS integration

Unique real-time information

Developed with teachers… for teachers

The new SIMS Teacher App

www.capita-sims.co.uk/teacherapp

Your questions and feedback?

eSafeguardingDiscussing social media, regulations and eSafeguarding

Chris Whitelaw, Schools ICT Senior Training Officer

Ofsted do not advertise what they ask- stable doors and horses!

Social Media in schools - considerations

Social Media – the upside

Social Media

Ease of contact

Ease of contact

Two-way dialogue

Common formatMultiple

users

Partial Privacy

Resource intensive

Predation

IncursionDuty of

care

Social Media – the downside

Social Media

Subversive use

Inspection

“Reasonability”Complicity with broken

Court Orders

Familial predation

QA

EvidenceCP

procedures

Supervision

Liaison

Social Media – the upside

Best/Worst

PromulgationEase of contact

Shop windowImages

Instantaneous

Duplication

IncursionEvery errer multiplide

Relies on users

Who owns what you

post?

Social Media – 50 shades of grey

Who Knows?

Extremism Resilience

Street Speak(Gotta know

your jive)

Overt/covert sexual

material

Governing legislation

AUP/DUP

Metadata

Tagging

Sale of data

DOS attacks

Access

Rights, responsibilities

and conflicts

Parental responsibility

Your content

Your membership

AUP

visibility

conflict

Friends of friends?

Misc. Prov Regs

Enforcement

Marketing/sponsored links

Quantifiable benefit?

KPIs – is it worth doing?

Website Email/phone

SLG

Parent contact

VLE

Stakeholder representation?

Duplication?

Feedback?

Complaint management

Staff hours for support?

Website

VLE

The “Jurassic Park” Factor

“Just because they could, they didn’t

stop to think whether or not they should”

Dr Ian Malcom – chaostician.

Best practice is emergent

You can try to be secure, but…

Some parent/student

bodies “demand it”

Essential for some schoolsQuantifiable

benefits are unclear

No firm guidelines from DfE

Horror stories happen

Still families with no

internet at home

“Hot & Cold” view from

Ofsted

…life will find a way

For more…. To book training/consultancy visits

[email protected]

To let us know about what Ofsted asked, and/or for support with an incident

[email protected]

Close

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