School Data Sync
E751433
School Data Sync is a Microsoft 365 Education service that automates the import and synchronization of school roster and class data from student information systems into Microsoft’s education tools.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| School Data Sync canonical | 1 |
| School Information Systems (via School Data Sync) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8703886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School Data Sync Context triple: [Microsoft 365 Education, includesService, School Data Sync]
-
A.
Lab Schools
Lab Schools is a renowned private day school in Chicago affiliated with the University of Chicago, known for its progressive education and strong academic programs from nursery through high school.
-
B.
Record of a School
"Record of a School" is a 19th-century educational work by Elizabeth Peabody that documents and reflects on innovative teaching methods and classroom practices at the progressive Temple School in Boston.
-
C.
PASCH school network support
PASCH school network support is a Goethe-Institut program that fosters a global network of partner schools to promote German language learning and intercultural exchange.
-
D.
MasteryConnect
MasteryConnect is an educational assessment and curriculum platform that helps teachers track student mastery of standards and inform instruction in real time.
-
E.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a comprehensive U.S. federal data collection program that gathers and reports information on postsecondary institutions, including enrollment, finances, graduation rates, and institutional characteristics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School Data Sync Target entity description: School Data Sync is a Microsoft 365 Education service that automates the import and synchronization of school roster and class data from student information systems into Microsoft’s education tools.
-
A.
Lab Schools
Lab Schools is a renowned private day school in Chicago affiliated with the University of Chicago, known for its progressive education and strong academic programs from nursery through high school.
-
B.
Record of a School
"Record of a School" is a 19th-century educational work by Elizabeth Peabody that documents and reflects on innovative teaching methods and classroom practices at the progressive Temple School in Boston.
-
C.
PASCH school network support
PASCH school network support is a Goethe-Institut program that fosters a global network of partner schools to promote German language learning and intercultural exchange.
-
D.
MasteryConnect
MasteryConnect is an educational assessment and curriculum platform that helps teachers track student mastery of standards and inform instruction in real time.
-
E.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a comprehensive U.S. federal data collection program that gathers and reports information on postsecondary institutions, including enrollment, finances, graduation rates, and institutional characteristics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft 365 Education service
ⓘ
data synchronization service ⓘ |
| availableIn | Microsoft 365 Education tenants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| benefit |
keeps class rosters up to date
ⓘ
reduces manual data entry for class setup ⓘ simplifies onboarding of students and teachers into classes ⓘ |
| category | school data management ⓘ |
| configuration | admin-managed sync profiles ⓘ |
| dataDestination |
Microsoft 365 groups
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microsoft Teams classes ⓘ education apps integrated with Microsoft 365 ⓘ |
| dataSource |
school management systems
ⓘ
student information systems ⓘ |
| deploymentModel | cloud service ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentation | https://learn.microsoft.com/schooldatasync ⓘ |
| domain | education technology ⓘ |
| feature |
automatic class creation
ⓘ
automatic roster updates ⓘ group and team provisioning ⓘ mapping of SIS data to Azure Active Directory identities ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Microsoft 365
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microsoft School Data Sync APIs NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft Teams for Education NERFINISHED ⓘ OneNote Class Notebook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licenseRequirement | Microsoft 365 Education subscription ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
class data
ⓘ
school roster data ⓘ student information system data ⓘ |
| partOf | Microsoft 365 Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
automate import of school roster data
ⓘ
automate synchronization of school roster data ⓘ provision classes in Microsoft education tools ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
data transfer over encrypted channels
ⓘ
role-based access control via Azure AD ⓘ |
| supports |
multi-school districts
ⓘ
multiple terms and academic years ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
CSV-based data formats
ⓘ
OneRoster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetUser |
school IT administrators
ⓘ
schools ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| uses | Azure Active Directory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://sds.microsoft.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: School Data Sync Description of subject: School Data Sync is a Microsoft 365 Education service that automates the import and synchronization of school roster and class data from student information systems into Microsoft’s education tools.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
School Information Systems (via School Data Sync)