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Add a parent notice 10 min read A parent notice is a message you send to parents and guardians through the Smart Parents app — a trip reminder, a closure, a letter home. Parents with the app on their phone get a push notification straight away, and can... Admin audit trail — who changed what 5 min read The Audit trail (in the sidebar, under Admin — in a school and in MAT overview) is the accountability record for the people who administer the system. It answers a different question from the sync Logs: Logs — "what happ... Glossary 7 min read Key terms used across ADAdmin, listed alphabetically. Active Directory (AD) Microsoft's on-premises directory service. ADAdmin can push user and group data into AD so that school computers, printers, and other network re... Notifications (the bell) 7 min read The bell in the top bar is a deliberately short list — only things that need your attention: problems, health issues, and decisions you need to make. It is not a feed of everything that happens (that would bury the one t... Password settings 14 min read School settings → Password is where you set the school-wide rules that govern member passwords — the password policy, the default password given to new accounts, minimum length and complexity, password expiry, and who is... Roles and permissions 4 min read ADAdmin has six roles. A user's role controls what they can see and do, and for admins it can be narrowed further, person by person. Anything a person's role or access doesn't allow isn't just hidden from their menu — it... Smart Parents settings 11 min read Smart Parents is the parent-facing companion app: a parent links their account to their child using a PIN you generate for that pupil, then sees whatever data your school has chosen to share. This is a different feature... The new admin area, reporting a bug, and switching between v1 and v2 3 min read We've rebuilt the admin area, and the new (v2) admin is now where you land by default. You don't need to turn anything on. If you ever want the classic (v1) admin back, it's one click away — and whichever you choose stic... Using filters 4 min read The Users and Groups pages have a filter panel for narrowing the list to exactly what you need. Opening filters Select Filters near the top of the Users or Groups page (or press F when you're not typing in a box) to open... Using global search 6 min read The global search (command palette) lets you find users, groups, pages and help guides from anywhere in ADAdmin — and ask questions in plain English — without navigating to a specific section first. Type a question like... What's new in the admin 11 min read A tour of the recent body of work, with links to the full guides. Everything below is live in the rebuilt (v2) admin. Keep up with changes The changelog. Every change to ADAdmin, newest first, is listed on the ADAdmin ch...