Jonathan Wood

Technical

Agenda

SIMS 2014 Autumn release

SIMS Services Manager

SIMS Technical Roadmap update

SQL 2014 Migration

SOLUS3

The Autumn Release

SIMS Summer 2 issues

• 3 issues in the SIMS workstation code• Filters on sub-reports• Printing crashes in deal with missing marks• Historical attendance letters

• 2 delivery mechanisms have been provided• SOLUS3 workstation patch• An installation executable• Both are for Summer 2 workstations only.

• Released on 10th October

SIMS 2014 Autumn release

• Release date: 14 November

• Pre-release note ID: 23167

• Available on Beta

• Early release• 22 October

SIMS Services Manager

SIMS Service Manager (SSM)

• Service installer to support Tablet, Agora, MultiView etc…

• Aim• Unify our Cloud communication technologies• To make on-boarding of new products easier• Facilitate future self-service

What does it do?

• Enables data transfer for cloud products

• Allows for automatic updates of the• SIMS Services for the cloud products• SIMS Services manager itself

• Removes the need for potentially costly and time intensive VPN links

Replacing many technologies

SIMS Server

InTouch service

InTouch VPN

Agora Service Agora VPN

Tablet Service Tablet VPN

SIMS CloudInTouch Data flow

Agora Data flow

Tablet Data flow

With one

SIMS Server

SSM Service

SIMS CloudInTouch Data flow

Agora Data flow

Tablet Data flow

What are the timescales for delivery?

• Teacher App pilot schools have been able to install SSM from 18 September

• Will be installed by the SIMS Autumn release. Used by • Tablets• Agora FMS Links• InTouch

• Further updates to SSM will be delivered online and in further SIMS updates

How is it being delivered?

• No intervention is required

• Installed by the SIMSSQLApplicationSetup.exe• Run on and installs to your SQL Server• Run the installers manually to opt out

• \NoServicesManager switch• Installs silently with no reboot

• Installs .NET framework 4.5.2 onto the SQL server• Installs as part of the SIMSSQLApplicationSetup.exe• Installs silently with no reboot

What does it look like?

What configuration options does it have?

SIMS Technical Documentation

SIMS Technical Roadmap

• June 2014 Update• Resource ID: 17910

• Headline News• Support for SQL 2008 extended to Spring 2015• Support for SQL 2008 R2 extended to Spring 2015

• Will be in extended support by MS, if an issue arises then support option is to upgrade to SQL2012/2014

SIMS System Requirements Document

• Updated August 2014

• Similar processor requirements

• Now includes Solus3

• Sticky Items

SQL 2014

SQL Server

• SQL2014 update

• SQL2014 supported Autumn 2014

• SQL Migration tool updated to deliver SQL2014• Released alongside Autumn 2014• Can migrate from SQL2008 to SQL2014

SOLUS

SOLUS3.7

• Released on 23 June

• Release note Resource ID: 22779• ‘Solus 3 – 3.7’• Location:

http://dl.capitasolus.co.uk/Solus3Release/3.7.zip

• Password: SOlus3.72014

Benefits

• Re-designed and improved User Interface• To increase productivity• To make it easier to use

• Workstation Patching• SIMS Application Patches

SOLUS3.8

• Released November 2014

• Benefits • Having SIMS open will not lock an upgrade• Running SIMS will prompt the user to

upgrade• SIMS version information can be viewed in

the Agent Notifier• You can now extract upgrade files

Agent Notifier Application Version Information

SOLUS2 retirement update

• SOLUS2 • SOLUS2 will be extended to be supported

until • 1 September 2015 for Independent sector• 1 April 2016 for maintained sector

SOLUS3 SIMS Support team implementation

• 2 days hands on workshop• Overview of SOLUS3 concepts and roll out strategy• Installation of the SOLUS3 components as an authorising

server • Installation of the SOLUS3 at 2 live primary schools

• £995.00 two days if taken in school holidays • £1,590 for two days in term time • Until August 2015

• Contact 0844 893 6000

Thank you