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Ed-Fi Technical Suite 2 - End of Support Notice

27 Jul 2021

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The Alliance intends to stop supporting Technical Suite 2 on July 31st, 2022.

How does this notice impact me?​

The benefits and impact of end-of-support notices for Technical Suites depend on your role in the Ed-Fi Community:

Education Agencies currently on Technical Suite 2​

➕ Provides context and incentive to secure budget and plan to upgrade to Technical Suite 3.
➕ Enables agencies to take advantage of new capabilities in Technical Suite 3.
➖ Requires time and cost to upgrade.

Technology Providers​

➕ Data Providers: There is reduced cost to support the integration of products with older versions.
➕ Managed hosting providers and data consumers: Able to take advantage of new capabilities.
➖ Managed hosting providers and data consumers: There is time and cost incurred to upgrade.

Ed-Fi Alliance​

➕ Frees up budget and resources for current and forward-looking investments.

What specifically changes when Technical Suite 2 is out of support?​

What Changes​

  • Tracker tickets on out-of-support versions will not be supported or investigated.
    • An exception to this is if a critical security vulnerability is identified and education agencies still have Technical Suite 2 in production.
  • The Alliance stops releasing updates or enhancements to products within Technical Suite 2.
  • The Alliance starts allocating additional resources and budgets towards working on defining and developing Technical Suite 4.

What Does Not Change​

  • Ed-Fi licensees will continue to have full access to source code.
  • All existing documentation on TechDocs will be retained.
  • Ed-Fi community members can continue to offer support services (for example, System Integrators and Collaboratives).

What should I do if my agency cannot upgrade to Suite 3 before July 2022?​

As stated above, there is no change to access to code and documentation, so you can continue to use Technical Suites 2 products for longer if necessary. Additionally, we invite you to contact the Alliance to discuss options further.

I have a question that is not answered above​

Please contact the Alliance via the Ed-Fi Community Hub