Technical Session Jonathan Wood
Agenda SIMS Releases Technical Roadmap SOLUS3
SIMS Releases
SIMS 2013 Summer Release Release on Friday 23rd August Release Note ID: 21527 Scope Staff Performance Fixes to Personnel Assessment Exams Analysis Interventions
SIMS Installable Release For SIMS and FMS Based on Summer2 Installs SQL2012 Express Release date: End of November
Autumn Release Release Date: Friday 29th November Scope Document ID: Beta Date: Friday 4th October
2014 Releases Provisional Dates for 2014 Spring Release: End of March Summer Release: End of June Autumn Release: Early November
SQL 2012 Migration
SQL Migration An Updated SQl2012 migration tool Available alongside Autumn release via a URL New functionality Discover client redirection FMS SQL Binn folder fix
Question 1 What % of your schools are on SQL2012 Up to 25 Up to 50 up to 99 100
Question 2 When do you think that all of your schools will be on SQL2012? Already there End of the year Spring 2014 Summer 2014 Autumn 2014
Technical Roadmap
Technical Roadmap Technical Roadmap New update in October. Key items Office 2013 Support - Spring 2014 Windows 8.2 – Spring 2014 Windows Server 2012 R2 – Spring 2014 Internal use of Office 2010 – Summer 2014 Support for SQL2014 – Autumn 2014
Technical Roundup
Database Build Numbers We will be using a new Database Numbering system moving to 3.62.xxx Release Name Release Version Database Number Spring 2013 7.150. 3.61.873 Summer 2013 7.152 3.61.896 Summer (2) 2013 7.153 3.61.901 Autumn 2013 7.154 3.62.105 7.156 3.62.1xx
SOLUS3
SOLUS3.6.94 Released 20/9/13 Resolved issues with Auto-deploy Support for SQL Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 Server Moves Discover Autumn on SOLUS3 Will not upgrade the Server if it is Windows XP or Server 2003
Key Feedback on User Interface Contains repetitive tasks Too complex to use Too Silo based Didn’t like black on blue!
SOLUS3.7 Focusing on Usability Improvements Reduce skill level needed to install and maintain it Reduce the time taken to do key actions Online customer workshop - contact me if you are interested Release in March 2014
Navigation bar always visible Always visible from top screen Prompt to save changes if navigating away from page whilst making changes Navigation bar always visible
Default landing tab Multiple products
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