We have the facility to access the network from home.

All staff can access documents, shares and certain programs from home or offsite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, SIMS, InPrint*, etc).


You’ll be able access it from https://athome.hvh.staffs.sch.uk 


At the logon screen, enter your username and password you use for the system:



You’ll be presented with this menu:



Click a program and WAIT - the portal will need to connect to the server, log you in and load the program BEFORE displaying anything. 


At this point you will be prompted to authenticate on your Microsoft Authenticator App. 

Note: you will not receive a prompt from atHome - you will have around a minute to click 'Allow' in your app before the login times out and you will need to select your program again.



If you do not receive any notification in your Microsoft Authenticator App (or you receive another authentication such as a text message) you will need to change your authentication settings.

See this article for help


If asked, select any resources you would like access to and click Allow:

Not All Resources are available on all devices. See Settings chapter, below

Depending on the speed of your internet this could take a couple of seconds or a couple of minutes.


Printing, Copying and Pasting, Saving Documents

The above method works on most devices. For a more advanced experience, where you can print to you home printer (if permissions allow), copy/paste from your own PC to the AtHome programs etc, you can switch how you PC, Mac or Laptop logs on.
Note this method will not work with tablets and mobiles and to use on a Mac you will need to download Microsoft Remote Desktop from the App Store.


Click on the Settings Cog and Select "Download the RDP File":


Then open the apps as described above. Instead of opening in the web browser, your PC will either open Remote Desktop Services, or download a file.

If it downloads a file, just open it when its downloaded:


You may be presented with this screen. To select which resources you want to access, click the Show Details Arrow:


Check all of the resources then click Connect:





You may be asked log in again. Just do as above - HEDNESFORD\u.sername then your password.



You’ll be presented with your program. You can work as normal as if you’re on a school PC:


The program will not open in the web browser, but a separate window





When you go to print, you will find all of the printers installed on your PC will also show up in the AtHome program; with the work Redirected next to it:



You will be accessing your program from the server - so it is not running on your PC or Mac. Your PC or Mac is simply a ‘window’ to the program. Clicking File>Save will bring up the normal save dialogue and you can save to your Documents, the Shares etc. You can even Print to the Photocopiers (and have the file waiting for you when you come into work - the number of days has been increased to 2 weeks before files are deleted from the Photocopier queue)



Just Some Rules:


If working on private documents/reports/SIMS ensure other people cannot see what your are doing.


Make sure your are using a SECURE wireless network.


Close your program AND your web browser when you are finished.


Where possible, ensure you use your Staff Laptop.