All SPOCs and Training Contacts:
The Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS) Office is requesting county staff to participate in the Release 9.4 Support of O365 with the CWS/CMS Application County Test Workshop (CTW). Registered testers will participate in the testing of Release 9.4 Support of O365 with the CWS/CMS Application which is scheduled for delivery to the Counties on July 20, 2024.
The CTW for Release 9.4 will be conducted in a remote setting via Server Based Computing (SBC) soft tokens.
The deadline to register is Friday, March 22, 2024.
System Change Requests (SCRs) included in this release are:
- SCR 8939 Support of O365 with the CWS/CMS Application
- SCR 8908 Update Service Provider: Add NPI No and Middle Initial to ID Page and Search Dialog
- SCR 8976 R9.4 Training Tools Package
- SCR 8988 Forms Release Update #1 for 2024
Counties are encouraged to register individuals with knowledge and experience working in the areas mentioned above. A mix of end users with casework or supervisory experience will also be beneficial. Participants will validate the changes in the release and will perform tests of problem fixes and enhancements. Participants will work with other County and State testers and vendor support staff.
Remote CTW sessions will take place in the morning from 9:00AM - 12:00PM and again in the afternoon from 1:00PM – 4:00PM on the following dates:
CWDS is seeking fifteen (15) County staff members for each of the VB6 twelve (12) sessions (2 sessions per day).
R9.4 SCRs in the VB6 Environment:
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Thursday, April 18, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Thursday, April 25, 2024 (AM or PM session)
CWDS is seeking fifteen (15) County staff members for each of the C# sixteen (16) sessions (2 sessions per day).
R9.4 SCRs in C# Environment:
Monday, April 29, 2024 (AM or PM session
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Thursday, May 2, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Monday, May 6, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Thursday, May 9, 2024 (AM or PM session)
Participants are welcome to register for any of the sessions listed above in half or whole-day increments.
We encourage you to submit your request for a specific session as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 PM on Tuesday March 22, 2024. If a session’s count exceeds the maximum count, Customer Relations will work with that tester to be rescheduled for another session. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
A Release 9.4 CTW Online Registration Form (see link below) for each potential tester must be received as soon as possible but no later than 5:00 PM on March 22, 2024, so that the CWDS office can finalize the needed arrangements.
Link: Release 9.4 CTW Online Registration Form
If for, any reason, you cannot access the Online Registration Form, please contact CWS_CustRel@osi.ca.gov.
The CWDS Office will work with the registered testers on all the details of their CTW participation.
Special Note:
The County data will be pulled from the Production Environment and copied to the CTW Environment on Tuesday March 26, 2024, at the Close of Business. Therefore, changes to your Production environment after this date will not be in the CTW environment.
If you have any questions regarding this recruitment, please contact CWS_CustRel@osi.ca.gov.
Your continued support of CWDS is greatly appreciated.
Action Required
Submit a Release 9.4 County Test Workshop Online Registration Form no later than 5:00 PM on March 22, 2024