Hosted SIMS School – Giving Access to Shared Applications

To access other hosted applications such as FMS or dtsapps (ie Claims, Monitor, Trial Balance Comparison, Contract Printing) from the hosted environment, or to complete data transfers via SecureNet (which has to be run from SIMS in order for the files to be accessed), shortcuts (known as TS Shortcuts) are required to launch them. This…

SIMS External Connector for third party application which link with SIMS (for schools on our hosted SIMS platform only)

This article is only relevant for schools on our hosted applications platform who have 3rd party software which links with SIMS and which Scomis do not currently host (eg – current commonly used applications in school are Nationwide Cashless Catering, ALPS) Please see article http://faq.scomis.org/kb2170/ for a full list of third party applications which fit…

Accessing hosted SIMS with an Apple Mac OS from School

**************************************UPDATE************************************** Microsoft has now released free RDP Clients for OSX and iOS which Scomis now support for connecting to our services, Please see http://faq.scomis.org/kb11320/ for more information on connecting to our Hosted Application Service for SIMS from home and in school. **************************************UPDATE**************************************

Troubleshooting SIMS Terminal Server connection problems

Error Message – “The client could not connect to the remote computer” Can the user access the Internet? – Load www.bbc.co.uk and browse a few of the news page. If No – check with other users in the school to see if Internet access is available or not. If other users are ok, it is…