Summer Release 2014 - Version: 7.158

• Release was due 30th June 2014 but due to issues with some templates/reports and still not released.

• Now due today (will wait and see!!)

• Secondary’s will need to upgrade before the summer holidays.

System support (Retirement dates)

System Last Supported Date

Windows XP Summer 2013

Windows Vista Spring 2013

Windows Server 2003 Summer 2013

Office 2003 Autumn 2012

Office 2007 Autumn 2013

SQL Server 2008 R1 Spring 2015 - NEW

SQL Server 2008 R2 Spring 2015

SOLUS2 1st Apr 2016 – Maintained1st Spet 2015 – Non-Maintained

System support (New support dates)

System New Support Start Date

SQL Server 2012SQL Server 2014

Spring 2013Autumn 2014 - CONFIRMED

Windows 8Windows 8.1

Spring 2013Spring 2014

Windows Server 2012Windows Server 2012 R2

Spring 2013Spring 2014

Office 2013Internal use of Office 2010

Spring 2014Summer 2014

New technical roadmap now available (Doc No. 17910)

SOLUS 3SOLUS 3• SOLUS 3.7 current release – 3.8 due October 2014

• Support for SQL 2012, Server 2012, Win 8

• Better migration tools for moving SIMS to new servers.

• Schools ICT has started looking at SOLUS 3 migration• Solus 2 will cease from 1st April 2016 for maintained schools• Solus 2 will cease from 1st September 2015 for non-maintained schools (Acadamy’s and Independent) •Currently have a master SOLUS 3 server and testing 2 pilot schools for the Summer release.

SQL 2014

•Capita will support in Autumn 14 release

•Only selling SQL 2014 CALs now

•Pricing – not finalised, rough guidelines.– Per core price for 2014 (per 2 core (min purchase 4)) ~£450 – CALs ~£30– SQL Server Std Single MVL ~£120

SIMS - Summer 2014

•General– Before upgrading to the SIMS 2014 Summer Release, you must ensure that the School Census

Summer 2014 Return has been completed and signed off. Once you have upgraded to the SIMS 2014 Summer Release, it is not possible to carry out any further work on the Summer Return.

– If your school uses both Fees Billing and FMS, SIMS and FMS must be upgraded at the same time.

•Examinations Organiser– Secondary schools that use Examinations Organiser must upgrade to the SIMS 2014 Summer

Release. Failure to upgrade to the SIMS 2014 Summer Release will result in PI values being calculated incorrectly, missing functionality in PI reports produced by SIMS and the latest business rules not being applied throughout the SIMS Exams software.

•Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012 Issue– If you are running SIMS on a Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 workstation, you may encounter

difficulties when attempting to open PDF files in SIMS. This is caused by Windows Reader being the default program used to open PDF files.

– To resolve this issue, you must first ensure that Adobe Reader 9 or later is installed.– Next, you will need to associate Adobe Reader with all PDF files.

2014 Releases

Provisional Dates for 2014

•Summer: End of June

•Autumn: Early November

•Spring 2015: End of March

Questions?

Any more questions please contact

Email: schoolsict@eastsussex.gov.uk

Web: czone.eastsussex.gov.uk/ict

Twitter: @ESCCSchoolsICT / @schoolsapps

Forum: Czone NMF

Questions?

Any more questions please contact

Email: schoolsict@eastsussex.gov.uk

Web: czone.eastsussex.gov.uk/ict

Twitter: @ESCCSchoolsICT / @schoolsapps

Forum: Czone NMF