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Midnight last night, the announcement made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in LA that Microsoft are releasing our very own devises for Windows 8, the amazing looking Surface – a new family of computing devices. Surface with Windows 8 will offer some exciting opportunities for education, and already...

Following on from Stuart Wilkie’  installment of Building School Networks for the Future with System Centre and Hyper-V , this is the third piece in the jigsaw from Marine Academy, Plymouth   looking at how Stuart and his team went about deploying Windows 7 across the site and the decisions...

Keeping technology and software up to date can sometimes feel like a daunting task – especially when quite often it feels as though the next best, fastest, coolest software is just around the corner. When Richard Pycroft began his role in ICT at Harper Green School in July 2011, the school was using...

For schools running Windows XP and old versions of Microsoft Office we are now offering schools a HALF PRICE trade-in agreement, letting you both get up-to-date this summer and get 50% discount off your first year. The “UTD” (Up To Date) offer is available to any school who has never had a subscription...

Have some questions about our licensing and, in particular, EES? We can help! Visit our stand at BETT 2012 and let one of our licencing specialists walk you through the best options for you and your institution. Get answers to the following questions, and more: Who can buy education licences? The different...

The IT team serving a large Academy Trust use Microsoft Technologies to realise economies of scale. They are promoting collaboration and making a significant contribution to school improvement across the Trust schools. Part of our mission in these blogs is to share the message that a well led IT team...

Alex Pearce , SharePoint Most Valuable Professional (MVP) gives some thoughts to utilizing the many ways SharePoint can make for productive leaning in the classroom. Have a read and see what you think. There are many ways to get SharePoint 2010 in your school, whether you’re using it as part of a package...

Do you want to know more about EES (Enrolment for Education Solutions)? Do you need to know more about Microsoft licensing, including: Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES) What is EES The impact on Schools & LA’s The impact on HE/FE Client/Server Licensing What is a Client Access Licence (CAL...

Do you want to know more about EES (Enrolment for Education Solutions)? Do you need to know more about Microsoft licensing, including: Client/Server Licensing What’s a CAL Core CAL Suite Enterprise CAL Suite Device CAL & User CAL Processor Licensing (inc Multi-Core) External Connectors/Internet Licences...

I woke up this morning and immediately the first thing I thought was, I did order the lunch didn’t I? I hope so otherwise I have a lot of hungry teachers, head teachers and IT network managers at Microsoft Campus today! So today was our ‘’Fun, Free Forum’’ at our offices in Thames Valley Park. A day...

Do you want to know more about EES (Enrolment for Education Solutions)? Do you need to know more about Microsoft licensing, including: Client/Server Licensing Work @ Home / Home Use Programme Student Licensing Software Assurance & Other Benefits OEM & Operating System Licensing Virtualisation...

Do you want to know more about Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES)? As one of the top licensing resellers in the UK as well as an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Viglen are well placed to understand the licensing needs of their customers. A training course is now available at the University...

Under this new agreement you can now license a single school, multiple schools or an entire school system, such as a local authority. You count your Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff once per year, so you don't have to track every single computer in your establishment. Full time equivalent are staff who...