About 31/2 years ago, Port Regis School asked an external company to provide ICT support. The company was tasked with reviewing the school’s ICT systems with a view to streamlining them and to provide insight into how the school might further improve their ICT facilities to continue to cater for the needs of the school into the future. Early on, it was decided to replace the school’s Novell NDS system with a Windows Active Directory based network running on a VMWare cluster. At the same time, all of the security and online safety systems were reviewed to ensure that the school and its pupils were being properly protected. Rob Woods was the man on the ground, contracted by the support company to fill the school’s ICT Manager role and help with the various migrations that were being un

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