1. Technical
Jonathan Wood

2. Agenda SIMS 2014 Autumn release SIMS Services Manager
SIMS Technical Roadmap update
SQL 2014 Migration
SOLUS3

3. The Autumn Release

4. 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

5. SIMS 2014 Autumn release Release date: 14 November
Pre-release note ID: 23167
Available on Beta
Early release
22 October

6. SIMS Services Manager

7. 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

8. 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

9. Replacing many technologies
SIMS Server
SIMS Cloud
InTouch service
InTouch VPN
InTouch Data flow
Agora Data flow
Agora Service
Agora VPN
Tablet Data flow
Tablet Service
Tablet VPN

10. With one SIMS Server SIMS Cloud InTouch Data flow Agora Data flow
SSM Service
Agora Data flow
Tablet Data flow

11. 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

12. 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 onto the SQL server
Installs as part of the SIMSSQLApplicationSetup.exe

13. What does it look like?

14. What configuration options does it have?

15. SIMS Technical Documentation

16. 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

17. SIMS System Requirements Document
Updated August 2014
Similar processor requirements
Now includes Solus3
Sticky Items

18. SQL 2014

19. 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

20. SOLUS

21. SOLUS3.7 Released on 23 June Release note Resource ID: 22779
Location:
Password: SOlus

22. Benefits Re-designed and improved User Interface
To increase productivity
To make it easier to use
Workstation Patching
SIMS Application Patches

23. 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

26. Agent Notifier Application Version Information

27. SOLUS2 retirement update
SOLUS2 will be extended to be supported until
1 September 2015 for Independent sector
1 April 2016 for maintained sector

28. 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
£ two days if taken in school holidays
£1,590 for two days in term time
Until August 2015
Contact

29. Thank you