We have all had to deal with student password issues. Although we are not all security professionals, we know that we should be doing all we can to make our environments...
There has certainly been a lot of chatter recently about the sweeping changes that Google made with their transition from G-Suite for Education to Workspace for Education. I...
What is the Cost of Poor Student Provisioning?
With new students enrolling every Autumn — and some throughout the school year — student provisioning is a lengthy but necessary task. Often completed manually by overworked...
Have you Noticed Google Cloud Directory Sync Quirkiness?
Lately, I have been running Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) more frequently. I have been taking advantage of the option in the Task Scheduler to run a task starting at 7...
Google Enterprise Licensing Considerations for Remote Learning
We have all had to adapt to a new type of normal as a result of COVID-19. Most of the school districts that we work with have either chosen Zoom or Google Meet as their...
Installing a Wildcard SSL for IIS (Passcore)
I have been working on several web projects recently where I needed to secure an application running on IIS to provide an encrypted connection to the website. I detailed the...
Purchasing a Wildcard SSL Certificate for Technology Directors
I have several new web projects coming up that led me down the path of purchasing a wildcard SSL certificate recently. I have helped several customers do this in the past...
Google Group Improvements
Google has been giving some much needed attention to features related to synchronizing Active Directory groups to G-Suite. We discussed the changes made in 4.7.3 here.
How to Automate Staff Accounts for School Districts
Student Provisioning Services has provided student account automation for MicroFocus eDirectory and Microsoft Active Directory for over six years now. Recently we have been...
With Graduation Over, What's Next for your Education Technology Department
Now that this school year is over, and the graduation parties are done, what do we do with accounts for the students that just graduated. The practice/policy varies across...