Posted on 15th May 2015
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Since our allowances update was added to SBS Online in April, we have been hard at work developing and testing another comprehensive update to the software. This new release will include several grea...
Posted on 14th May 2015
Skype for Business for schools communications!
Skype for Business for schools and organisations alike Microsoft announced towards the back end of 2014 that in the first half of 2015, the next version of Lync will become Skype for Business with...
Posted on 11th May 2015
The Next 5 Years
The country's views have been heard, and for the next 5 years education in England will be developed in line with Conservative policies. Over the last 6 weeks or so the following statements have been ...
Posted on 4th May 2015
May the Fourth Be With You!
This blog is being published on ‘Star Wars Day’. In a few days’ time our opinion will be sought on which empire returns to No. 10 and whether the new government will be a clone of the last. But ...
Posted on 15th April 2015
Clock ticking for any Server 2003 still out there...
MICROSOFT HAS WARNED that another of its products is reaching the end of the trail after the countdown to end of life for Windows Server 2003 hit the three-month mark but hopefully most IT administrat...
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Posted on 14th April 2015
Interactive touch screens vs Interactive white boards
Here at SBS we want to ensure our customers get the best quality devices at best value but also what fits the need of the school. One area I like to discuss with SLT, ICT Coordinators and Governing...
Posted on 13th April 2015
Easter Shorts
To ease you back after the Easter break – this week’s blog highlights a small number of areas that appeared in the last few weeks that you might find interesting and useful. Welcome to Easter Shor...
Posted on 9th April 2015
SBS Online Allowances update
What is in the new Allowances update? Future Values for Allowances You will now be able to specify what allowances will be worth at any given effective date in your planner. This negates the need t...
Posted on 1st April 2015
March has seen a great deal of development take place in preparation for the next series of updates to SBS Online.
We have been hard at work improving a range of aspects related to staff contracts and navigation within the software. April will see the first of these updates arrive. The new update will deliver an i...
Posted on 26th March 2015
OneNote Class Notebook creator
Teachers work really hard to keep up with all of the demands of their classroom and the school. Some are using OneNote notebooks on your Office 365 sites to stay more organised, to collaborate with ...
Posted on 25th March 2015
Technology Access Programme (TAP)
With immediate affect Microsoft have withdrawn the Technology Access Programme (TAP) for Education Pricing As a result the cost on all applicable Desktop and Notebook products will rise from 20 to 30...
Posted on 24th March 2015
Happy birthday SBS blog!
This is the 30th blog we have published – the first being on 21 March 2014. So happy birthday blog. We hope that you have found the contents over the year useful – and of course we welcome any f...