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
UPDATE: Bett has moved to Wednesday 23 – Friday 25 March 2022 Cloud Design Box is attending Bett 2022 – which returns to the ExCeL London from Wednesday 23 – Friday 25 March 2022. The most prominent international EdTech exhibition is back, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it for another year. You can find us at Stand SP53 – next to … Read more
Sharing a document via SharePoint has many advantages. Traditional ways of sharing a document (such as emailing) creates many problems such as having multiple versions, removing central governance, it can cause confusion and inefficiency in any organisation. Sharing a document via SharePoint ensures there will only be one version of the truth, it keeps the … Read more
There’s no denying that Office 365 now provides a fantastic integrated suite of products. Why should schools and colleges look at moving to Office 365? Can it save time, money and improve student engagement? Let’s take a look in more detail. Why is cloud storage important? Office Integration One of the big benefits of using … Read more
Class teams are now available inside Microsoft Teams. These are created automatically using School Data Sync (SDS) or can be created manually in the Teams interface. Teams is a great collaboration interface that pulls together instant messaging, videos calls, SharePoint, OneNote and assignments into one place. It can also be extended with custom tabs. I’ve … Read more
Over the last few months, we have received lots of positive feedback about the new Microsoft Classroom Preview product. Today Microsoft announced in the Office 365 message centre that this would be replaced at the end of July 2017 with Microsoft Teams for Education. No need to panic, MS Classroom functionality will still exist but … Read more
It’s finally been released as a preview! Please note that backwards compatibility will not be supported so don’t start any production work yet, this is for testing and feedback only! It can be downloaded from GitHub now, I go through the process below but the official instructions are here (and really straightforward): https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-docs/wiki/Setup-your-machine Getting familiar … Read more
Talk to our experts today
Solutions
For Businesses For Schools and Academies For Independent Schools For Multi-Academy Trusts For Partners About Cloud Design Box Referral ProgramDetails
Call Sales: 01482 688890
Email: info@clouddesignbox.co.uk
Cloud Design Box Ltd
Unit 2.07
C4DI, 31-38 Queen Street
Hull
HU1 1UU
© 2026 Cloud Design Box Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Company No. 09655303. Privacy Policy.