School Data Sync Roadmap

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Warning

Environments, with enrollments for more than 50k users, where provisioning tasks (writing users, groups, and memberships to Microsoft Entra ID) may take more than 24 hours to process is currently not recommended. Monitor "What's New" page for Large Organization Support for when this is lifted.

Warning

Environments that need to directly connect data from multiple SISs into a single subscription is currently not supported. If this configuration is needed, before support is added, then pre-processing, outside of SDS, will need to occur to combine the data before submitting the data through one of the supported CSV formats. Username values in the CSV will need to include the fully qualified domain value, e.g. username@domain, for user targeted-domain identity mapping. Monitor "What's New" page for Single Subscription - Multi-Academy Trust Support for when this is lifted.

The new version of School Data Sync (SDS) was recently launched, and we’re working to move core features found in SDS (Classic) over to the new version, while also adding a few new features. The following features are planned for release over the next several months.

Once a feature has launched, it's listed on our "What's New" page.

  • Automate CSV Upload with PowerAutomate: Ability for IT admins to automate CSV uploads from their SIS / SMS during the active Academic Year. Instead of manually uploading data changes from source data a PowerAutomate template will be available to assist with uploading those data changes to SDS.

  • Graph API Sync Management: SDS continues expanding the new industryData Graph API to support data use scenarios:

    • Connect SDS v1 CSV data.
    • Connect OneRoster API data.
    • Manage Custom List of Values.

  • Large Organization Support: Ability to support environments where provisioning tasks (writing users, groups, and memberships to Microsoft Entra ID) may take more than 24 hours to process, typically seen with environments with more than 50k users.

  • Simplified Connect data: Improvements to the Admin initial onboarding experience, addressing internal and external feedback from the current experience, while also building the framework for Single Subscription - Multi-SIS / Multi-Municipality support.

  • Single Subscription - Multi-Academy Trust Support: Ability to connect data, within a single subscription, where more than a single municipality or SIS is linked to manage users, groups, and memberships to Microsoft 365 for Education.

  • Simplified Academic Year Transition: Improvements to simplify the Academic Year transition experience, and Single Subscription - Multi-SIS / Multi-Municipality customers.

  • PowerSchool Support: SDS is working with PowerSchool SIS to support data exchange.

  • Data validation: Improved error and warning message readability and phone number validation.

  • More OneRoster API Providers: SDS continues adding new OneRoster API providers. For more information or to participate in piloting your SIS / SMS OneRoster API data connection, see OneRoster Provider Overview.