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Posted on 25th March 2021
What is MDM and how can it benefit your school?
Given the current climate with more and more people working from home and using their own devices, security vulnerabilities have never been more exposed.
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Posted on 19th March 2021
A Day in the life of an (SBS) ICT Engineer
I would like to start by saying I do not think there is a ‘typical day’ working in education, especially ICT. So, after putting myself forward to write this piece it dawned on me...
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Posted on 12th March 2021
Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund
The ESFA have released guidance on how you can claim eligible costs related to staff absences during the period 1st November 2020 to 31st December 2020.

Posted on 12th March 2021
SIMS Pay - Planned Maintenance
We have been advised that the SIMS Pay UK site will be down for maintenance on 12/03/2021 between 2pm and 5pm.
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Posted on 11th March 2021
Security breaches and oversight negligence
Security is vital to all businesses and schools are no different. Schools take this subject very seriously to provide a safe environment for staff and students.
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Posted on 10th March 2021
New RM Finance Housekeeping Course
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to provide RM finance users with general housekeeping skills.
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Posted on 8th March 2021
SBS Sync - True Integration for School Finance (IRIS Financials and SBS Budgets)
Let's avoid the time taken on confusing .CSV downloads with true integration between SBS Budgets and IRIS Financials.
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Posted on 4th March 2021
Outsourcing ICT Support
With new technologies constantly being introduced and cyber threats evolving, IT support is essential for any school.
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Posted on 3rd March 2021
New Power BI Course
SBS has created a 3 part webinar to help provide you with the skills for using Power BI and how it links to SIMS.
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Posted on 2nd March 2021
Building a Resilient Trust Webinar
Book your free spot at one of these upcoming webinars in the "Building a Resilient Trust" series from Arbor!
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Posted on 1st March 2021
Heading back to normality (ish)
With the news that we’re all heading back to class, here’s a reminder of some of the areas in Arbor you may need to change for the 8th March.
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Posted on 18th February 2021
A Recipe for Disaster (avoidance)
Keeping your laptop computer free from food particles and jammy finger marks will not only prevent a build-up of harmful bacteria, it will stop the intrusion of particles that may well affect the operation of in particular, the keyboard.