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Technical Update

Technical Update. Jonathan Wood – SIMS Product Manager (Technical and Releases). Agenda. Release Schedule SIMS Technical Roadmap SQL 2012 Migration SOLUS3. SIMS 2013 Spring Release. SIMS 2013 Spring Release News Item ID: 20730 Date: Friday 22 nd March

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Technical Update

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  1. Technical Update Jonathan Wood – SIMS Product Manager (Technical and Releases)

  2. Agenda • Release Schedule • SIMS Technical Roadmap • SQL 2012 Migration • SOLUS3

  3. SIMS 2013 Spring Release SIMS 2013 Spring Release News Item ID: 20730 Date: Friday 22nd March Original release suitable for all Schools except English Primaries. SIMS 2013 Spring 2 AMPARK Release News Item ID: 20852 Date: Friday 5th April Updated Spring release with the AMPARK resources for English Primaries updated. Both will upgrade to the SIMS 2013 Summer release

  4. Performance Issues with Spring Homepage Timeline is causing performance issues Patch 18148 – sets refresh to 30 mins then extra 2 mins per 20 users. For Hosted Teams Patch 18170 – sets refresh to 2 hours then extra 2 mins per 5 users. A new patch will be written which will increase the performance. Available COB Friday 3rd May or Tuesday 7thMay.

  5. Spring 2013 – Technical Changes • Technical changes • Windows 8 Support • Windows Server 2012 Support • SQL2012 Support for SIMS & FMS only • (more info in SQL2012 section)

  6. SIMS Technical Roadmap Updated Monday 28th January 2013 Resource ID: 17910 Fixed resource number Updated twice a year

  7. SIMS Technical Roadmap – existing software

  8. SIMS Technical Roadmap – New software

  9. SQL2012 • SQL 2012 supported on SIMS & FMS 2012 Autumn release onwards • Documentation provided on how to manually migrate • Resource ID: 20081 • Discover, SLG, SOLUS3 supported on SQL2012 on the 2013 Summer releases. • A migration utility will be provided alongside 2013 Summer release to assist with the migration. • Main Changes • You install a new SQL Instance inside the migration process • You can migrate a SIMS, FMS and Discover CB at same time

  10. Selecting the data source

  11. Installing a new SQL Instance

  12. SQL Installation Options

  13. Selecting SQL Databases to migrate

  14. SOLUS • SOLUS3.5 • Released March 28th • Resource ID: 20830 • Improvements • Improved handling of releases & download • Smaller download size • Will only download and distribute files it needs • Improved handling of upgrades for offline machines • New Targets tab to improve visibility of software versions • Improved new report for Support teams to monitor release uptake from schools

  15. Displaying Target versions

  16. Selecting multiple sites

  17. Selecting multiple updates

  18. New Deployment History Report

  19. SOLUS3.6 • Summer 2013 • SQL2012 Support • Including support for migrating servers • Windows Server 2012 Support

  20. SOLUS3 for 2013/2014 • Include all SIMS software • Active Directory Provisioning Service • Sims Learning Gateway • Partnership Xchange • InTouch • Ability to release software to groups of schools. • Simplified installation process • Support for sites wanting to manage upgrade themselves

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