Blogs & Updates

Skype for Business for schools communications!
  May 14 2015

ICT

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...
The Next 5 Years
  May 11 2015
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 ...
May the Fourth Be With You!
  May 04 2015
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 ...
Clock ticking for any Server 2003 still out there...
  April 15 2015

ICT

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...
Interactive touch screens vs Interactive white boards
  April 14 2015

ICT

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...
Easter Shorts
  April 13 2015
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...
SBS Online Allowances update
  April 09 2015
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...
March has seen a great deal of development take place in preparation for the next series of updates to SBS Online.
  April 01 2015
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...
OneNote Class Notebook creator
  March 26 2015

ICT

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 ...
Technology Access Programme (TAP)
  March 25 2015

ICT

With immediate affect Microsoft have withdrawn the Technology Access Programme (TAP) for Education Pricing As a result the cost on all applicable Desktop and Notebook products will rise from 20 to 30...