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SSU Common Tasks

This page is aimed at SIMS Support Unit colleagues and provides information on common tasks. For a complete guide to SIMS ID please view the appropriate support section by choosing the user type at the bottom of the page

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1. Managing my SSU site
2. Resolving user issues
3. Preparing for Next Generation
4. Helping schools with Microsoft 365
- 4.1 How do I help a school set up MS Teams Sync
- 4.2 How do I help a school with timetable Sync
5. Full user guides to SIMS ID

Common SSU tasks

Managing my SSU site

if you require an SSU Site please contact the SIMS ID team through your ESS Support contact.

Adding SSU users

A quick video guide to adding SSU users

Setting up multi-site access for co-administration of SIMS ID

SSUs setting up the multisite links between the SSU and their supported schools for the first time can request assistance from the SIMS ID team through your ESS support contact.

Linking schools to your SSU to allow you to co-administer the site is a self-serve activity initiated by the school.

Full information can be found in the Self service multisite user process

There is a quick Video guide:Inviting SSU/MAT central team users to co-administer your site

One of my schools is on Hosted/Connected – what now?

Before you can access a hosted SIMS or Connected SIMS instance your SSU Site needs enabling for access. Please request this from your ESS support contact. This is a one-time action regardless of how may hosted/connected sites you support.

SSU/MAT central ~~Staff~~staff can be enabled to access hosted/connected SIMS at the schools they support. Once the SSU/MAT member of staff is a multisite user at the school a local site administrator can grant access to Hosted/Connected SIMS

As this user will not have a people record in SIMS, the user will need to be mapped in SIMS System Manager To do this * Create a user record and map the user name (using the magnifying glass) to the 'user name' of the member of the SSU site .

Resolving user issues

The wrong external account has been used for a sign up.

Converting from a third-party identity to a native SIMS ID

Adding a third-party login.

Preparing for Next Generation

NG process overview

One of my schools does not have a SIMS ID site

ESS are in the process of deploying sites for schools that have signed the Long term Direct Contract. If you require these sites in advance of this please request this from your ESS Support Contact.

Updating the SSM Host

A quick Video guide is available for Configuring the new SIMS Services Manager Host

Installing DeX

A quick video guide is available for Installing the DeX application within SIMS ID

And

Installing the Dex SSM package and entering credentials

Helping schools with Microsoft 365

How do I help a school set up MS Teams Sync

How do I help a school with timetable Sync

Full user guides to SIMS ID

To allow us to provide the most relevant information please click on the user type that best describes you.

Alternatively you can view all support pages


School User This includes staff and pupils who exist in SIMS and have been given a SIMS ID login	Local Site Administrator You administer one or more SIMS ID Sites	Parent User You have used an invite from SIMS Pay or Parental Engagement to register with SIMS ID	Technical Integrator You represent an organisation with a Technical Integration to SIMS Primary or DeX