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Celebrating 10 years of Cloud Design Box. Founder Tony Phillips reflects on the company’s journey from start-up to trusted Microsoft Education Partner, transforming how schools use SharePoint and Teams.
Cloud Design Box is proud to be a headline sponsor for the SCIS Annual Conference 2025, the flagship event for The Scottish Council of Independent Schools who promote the interests of 70 independent schools across the country.
As always, Bett Show 2025 proved to be a fantastic event for Cloud Design Box, offering an incredible opportunity to connect with educators, school leaders and our EdTech partners.
Our IT Operations Lead Joe Bannister has been crowned one of the winners of Hull & Humber’s Top 30 Under 30.
Bett Show UK is back in January 2024 and we can’t wait to see you. The Cloud Design Box team will be on hand to support you in transforming communication and collaboration across your school or multi academy trust. That’s right, we’re returning to the world’s biggest EdTech event, joining over 30,000 educators and changemakers … Read more
Cloud Design Box is celebrating nominations for two categories in this year’s Hull Live Business Awards. As a company, we have been shortlisted for Best Place to Work, while our IT Operations Lead Joe Bannister is a finalist for Rising Star 2023. We are thrilled to be shortlisted for Best Place to Work, as we … Read more
James Emmett, Cloud Design Box’s Staff Wellbeing Officer and Onboarding and Adoption Manager, is speaking at the Mental Health at Work Conference hosted by Westminster Insight. About the Mental Health and Work Conference Taking place on Friday 1 December 2023, the conference brings together employers, leadership teams, managers and psychologists to discuss the vital part … Read more
Cloud Design Box has achieved the Microsoft Education Solution badge, further demonstrating our understanding and expertise in Microsoft Education. The new badge dovetails with our existing accreditations, such as Microsoft Education Global Training Partner and our Microsoft School Data Sync Professional status. “To earn this badge, we needed to possess a comprehensive understanding of … Read more
Cloud Design Box has been recognised for its commitment to workplace wellbeing by the mental health charity Mind. We’re thrilled to reveal that we are one of 61 organisations to take part in Mind’s seventh annual Workplace Wellbeing Index and have been recognised with a Gold Award. And our Onboarding and Adoption Manager James Emmet … Read more
We’re delighted to reveal that Cloud Design Box and our dedicated team members are finalists in the Hull and East Yorkshire People in Business Awards (HEY PIBA). The awards – which celebrate their fourth year this summer – acknowledge the remarkable talents and contributions of individuals and teams across various industries and raise the profiles … Read more
This summer, Cloud Design Box is exhibiting at The Northern and Eastern Education Shows, which are part of the country’s leading series of events for promoting and developing effective school leadership, management, teaching and learning. Promising inspirational workshops, keynote speakers and a comprehensive exhibition of suppliers and service providers for schools and academies, both … Read more
In March, we were thrilled to be exhibiting again at Bett Show 2023. Here’s a roundup of what we got up to. “This is our seventh year attending Bett Show and our fifth year exhibiting. The show is a highlight in our calendar every year and it’s great to be back. It’s an extremely busy … Read more
Cloud Design Box has been working with St Kevin’s Community College in Dublin to support them in becoming one of the first DEIS (Delivery Equality of Opportunity in Schools) schools in Ireland. The DEIS Connect Project aims to bridge the digital divide in schools and provide digital devices for all learners. It was launched by … Read more
Cloud Design Box has become one of the first companies to achieve the Microsoft School Data Sync Professional Partner Certification – the highest certification for Microsoft SDS. Microsoft SDS simplifies class management in Microsoft 365, reading class data from your school, academy or trust’s MIS and creating classes and groups for Microsoft Teams. Previously, we … Read more
Cloud Design Box has achieved Microsoft SDS Advanced Partner accreditation. Microsoft SDS (School Data Sync) simplifies class management in Microsoft 365, reading class data from your school, academy or trust’s MIS and creating classes and groups for Microsoft Teams. The Partner Success Series for Microsoft SDS is a brand new accreditation. “We’re thrilled to have been awarded these … Read more
We’ve recently welcomed two new starters to the Cloud Design Box team. Since March, we have been operating fully remotely, supporting our existing clients, as well as other schools, multi-academy trusts and businesses who need a helping hand transitioning to the cloud. This increase in demand for remote learning, blended teaching and cloud-based resources has … Read more
In light of the recent Covid-19 outbreak, we’ve put together a short article on the free resources we’ve been working hard to create and share with you. Like many businesses, we’re now operating fully remotely and still available to support our existing clients, as well as any other schools, multi-academy trusts and businesses who need … Read more
September is here and new collaboration tools are being tried for the first time in Office 365. Microsoft Teams now has class sites, watch my full review in my blog post earlier this summer Latest updates include: Options to disable chat Full screen Class Notebooks Fully working Class Notebooks with settings available OneNote Edit in … Read more
