eFinancePlus Enterprise Management Service

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To assist you with the management of eFinancePlus, the Technical Solutions Group (“TSG”) offers the Enterprise Management Service (“EMS”).  EMS is a comprehensive solution that manages and maintains your self-hosted eFinancePlus environment while allowing you to retain complete ownership, control, access, and integration capability.  The scope of EMS includes the following.

1. Environment Monitoring

• Real-time monitoring of server hardware for performance and faulty hardware
• Real-time monitoring of the eFinancePlus and SQL Server application logs
• Real-time monitoring of Microsoft Windows ^® operating system logs and resource utilization
• Real-time monitoring of virtualization hosts performance and utilization
• Monthly reporting of status and trending of performance, hard drive consumption, server uptime, and frequency of incidents and transactions.
  
  

2. Software Update Service

• On-demand installation of all eFinancePlus version updates and upgrades, state and provincial reporting updates, and SQL Server updates
• Choice of automated or on-demand installation of all Microsoft Windows ^® operating system-related updates and upgrades
• Choice of automated or on-demand installation of all server-related third-party software updates.
  
  

3. Offsite Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Automated nightly compression, encryption, and transfer of eFinancePlus and MS SQL database backup files to a remote location for 365 days of retention (or longer by negotiation) 
• In the case of a disaster, temporary hosting of the eFinancePlus   application for thirty (30) days on the TSG cloud platform

• Restoration of eFinancePlus in the TSG temporary hosting environment.

4. Data and Server Migrations and Restorations

• Same-day restoration of corrupted environment using most recent backup.
• Completion of planned server migrations to new physical or virtual hardware
• Choice of automated or on-demand refreshes of data to a non-production environment with no limit on the number of refreshes (if applicable).
  
  

5. Infrastructure Support

• Pro-active intervention and response to performance situations identified by our monitoring protocols.
• Telephone and email escalations directly to TSG twenty-four hours/day Monday through Thursday, Fridays from Midnight to 9:00 PM, Saturdays from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Sundays from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM to Midnight Pacific Time (excluding joint US and Canadian holidays and unless otherwise specified or negotiated)
• One-hour Service Level Agreement for responses to all EMS needs.

     6.  SQL Server Database Optimization and Performance Tuning

• Initial and ongoing review of database configuration, systems component allocation, etc.
• Evaluation of risk of performance bottlenecks and SQL inefficiencies
• Prescription of corrective and optimal settings

7. Security Advisory Services

• Initial and ongoing evaluation of environmental asset security capability according to CIA triad for system and data
• Initial and ongoing threat assessment evaluation
• Reporting of findings and recommendations to establish and/or improve security capabilities.

8. SSL Certificate Administration 

• Review of SSL / TLS use and capability
• Procurement and provisioning of 2048-bit RSA key TLS 1.x certificate
• Configuration of SSL / TLS certificate for each specific client's site 
• Integration into client instance of eFinancePlus and ongoing administration throughout the EMS term.

If you'd like more information about becoming an EMS client, please email TSGHelpDesk@powerSchool.com

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To assist you with the management of eFinancePlus, the Technical Solutions Group (“TSG”) offers the Enterprise Management Service (“EMS”).  EMS is a comprehensive solution that manages and maintains your self-hosted eFinancePlus environment while allowing you to retain complete ownership, control, access, and integration capability.  The scope of EMS includes the following.

1. Environment Monitoring

• Real-time monitoring of server hardware for performance and faulty hardware
• Real-time monitoring of the eFinancePlus and SQL Server application logs
• Real-time monitoring of Microsoft Windows ^® operating system logs and resource utilization
• Real-time monitoring of virtualization hosts performance and utilization
• Monthly reporting of status and trending of performance, hard drive consumption, server uptime, and frequency of incidents and transactions.
  
  

2. Software Update Service

• On-demand installation of all eFinancePlus version updates and upgrades, state and provincial reporting updates, and SQL Server updates
• Choice of automated or on-demand installation of all Microsoft Windows ^® operating system-related updates and upgrades
• Choice of automated or on-demand installation of all server-related third-party software updates.
  
  

3. Offsite Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Automated nightly compression, encryption, and transfer of eFinancePlus and MS SQL database backup files to a remote location for 365 days of retention (or longer by negotiation) 
• In the case of a disaster, temporary hosting of the eFinancePlus   application for thirty (30) days on the TSG cloud platform

• Restoration of eFinancePlus in the TSG temporary hosting environment.

4. Data and Server Migrations and Restorations

• Same-day restoration of corrupted environment using most recent backup.
• Completion of planned server migrations to new physical or virtual hardware
• Choice of automated or on-demand refreshes of data to a non-production environment with no limit on the number of refreshes (if applicable).
  
  

5. Infrastructure Support

• Pro-active intervention and response to performance situations identified by our monitoring protocols.
• Telephone and email escalations directly to TSG twenty-four hours/day Monday through Thursday, Fridays from Midnight to 9:00 PM, Saturdays from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Sundays from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM to Midnight Pacific Time (excluding joint US and Canadian holidays and unless otherwise specified or negotiated)
• One-hour Service Level Agreement for responses to all EMS needs.

     6.  SQL Server Database Optimization and Performance Tuning

• Initial and ongoing review of database configuration, systems component allocation, etc.
• Evaluation of risk of performance bottlenecks and SQL inefficiencies
• Prescription of corrective and optimal settings

7. Security Advisory Services

• Initial and ongoing evaluation of environmental asset security capability according to CIA triad for system and data
• Initial and ongoing threat assessment evaluation
• Reporting of findings and recommendations to establish and/or improve security capabilities.

8. SSL Certificate Administration 

• Review of SSL / TLS use and capability
• Procurement and provisioning of 2048-bit RSA key TLS 1.x certificate
• Configuration of SSL / TLS certificate for each specific client's site 
• Integration into client instance of eFinancePlus and ongoing administration throughout the EMS term.

If you'd like more information about becoming an EMS client, please email TSGHelpDesk@powerSchool.com

[#3]

To assist you with the management of eFinancePlus, the Technical Solutions Group (“TSG”) offers the Enterprise Management Service (“EMS”).  EMS is a comprehensive solution that manages and maintains your self-hosted eFinancePlus environment while allowing you to retain complete ownership, control, access, and integration capability.  The scope of EMS includes the following.

1. Environment Monitoring

• Real-time monitoring of server hardware for performance and faulty hardware
• Real-time monitoring of the eFinancePlus and SQL Server application logs
• Real-time monitoring of Microsoft Windows ^® operating system logs and resource utilization
• Real-time monitoring of virtualization hosts performance and utilization
• Monthly reporting of status and trending of performance, hard drive consumption, server uptime, and frequency of incidents and transactions.
  
  

2. Software Update Service

• On-demand installation of all eFinancePlus version updates and upgrades, state and provincial reporting updates, and SQL Server updates
• Choice of automated or on-demand installation of all Microsoft Windows ^® operating system-related updates and upgrades
• Choice of automated or on-demand installation of all server-related third-party software updates.
  
  

3. Offsite Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Automated nightly compression, encryption, and transfer of eFinancePlus and MS SQL database backup files to a remote location for 365 days of retention (or longer by negotiation) 
• In the case of a disaster, temporary hosting of the eFinancePlus   application for thirty (30) days on the TSG cloud platform

• Restoration of eFinancePlus in the TSG temporary hosting environment.

4. Data and Server Migrations and Restorations

• Same-day restoration of corrupted environment using most recent backup.
• Completion of planned server migrations to new physical or virtual hardware
• Choice of automated or on-demand refreshes of data to a non-production environment with no limit on the number of refreshes (if applicable).
  
  

5. Infrastructure Support

• Pro-active intervention and response to performance situations identified by our monitoring protocols.
• Telephone and email escalations directly to TSG twenty-four hours/day Monday through Thursday, Fridays from Midnight to 9:00 PM, Saturdays from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Sundays from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM to Midnight Pacific Time (excluding joint US and Canadian holidays and unless otherwise specified or negotiated)
• One-hour Service Level Agreement for responses to all EMS needs.

     6.  SQL Server Database Optimization and Performance Tuning

• Initial and ongoing review of database configuration, systems component allocation, etc.
• Evaluation of risk of performance bottlenecks and SQL inefficiencies
• Prescription of corrective and optimal settings

7. Security Advisory Services

• Initial and ongoing evaluation of environmental asset security capability according to CIA triad for system and data
• Initial and ongoing threat assessment evaluation
• Reporting of findings and recommendations to establish and/or improve security capabilities.

8. SSL Certificate Administration 

• Review of SSL / TLS use and capability
• Procurement and provisioning of 2048-bit RSA key TLS 1.x certificate
• Configuration of SSL / TLS certificate for each specific client's site 
• Integration into client instance of eFinancePlus and ongoing administration throughout the EMS term.

If you'd like more information about becoming an EMS client, please email TSGHelpDesk@powerSchool.com