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ORBNET Education Bundle for XProtect

Unified school security and incident response in Milestone XProtect

Bring access activity, alarms and relevant video into one joined-up workflow, while retaining the systems that suit each school.

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ORBNET Systems is a Select Partner

The Education Bundle combines specialist ORBNET integrations with Milestone XProtect to create a consistent operating model for access activity, alarm response and controlled incident video sharing.

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Designed for education

What is the ORBNET Education Bundle for XProtect?

The ORBNET Education Bundle is a configurable security and incident-response solution for schools, colleges and multi-academy trusts. It connects supported access-control systems, alarm activity and video inside Milestone XProtect, then provides a controlled route for sharing selected live or recorded video with authorised responders when an incident requires it.

The result is one clearer operating model for day-to-day school security, safeguarding and serious-incident response.

One incident should not require three separate systems

Many schools already have cameras, access control and alarm systems. The operational difficulty begins when those systems are managed separately.

Staff may receive an alarm without immediate visual context, see a door event without the nearby camera, or lose time finding and sharing the right footage during a serious incident.

The bundle helps turn separate signals into one clearer operational picture.

Keep site-level choice while standardising the response

Each school can use the supported access-control and alarm technologies appropriate to that site. ORBNET integrations bring the resulting events into Milestone XProtect, where they can be connected with relevant video and consistent operator procedures.

This allows a school or multi-academy trust to standardise how incidents are understood and managed without requiring every site to use exactly the same underlying technology.

How the Education Bundle fits together

Site-by-site technology choice, connected through one consistent Milestone XProtect operating model.

Architecture showing access-control systems and alarm panels connected through ORBNET integrations to Milestone XProtect, school teams and authorised responders

The bundle

Three capabilities, one joined-up operating model

Connect access events, alarm activity and controlled incident video sharing around the workflows used by school teams.

01

ORBNET Access Control

Connect school doors and access activity to nearby video in XProtect so staff can verify denied access, forced doors, held-open doors and unusual after-hours activity from one workflow.

  • Supports leading access-control platforms
  • Links doors with relevant cameras
  • Brings access events into the XProtect operating view
  • Allows supported platforms to be selected site by site

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02

Alarm integration with Event Gateway

Bring intrusion, panic and security alarm activity into the same operating view as video, helping school staff understand what is happening before they respond.

  • Shows supported alarms alongside relevant cameras
  • Supports faster verification and escalation
  • Works with existing supported alarm estates
  • Supports in-hours and after-hours workflows
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03

Controlled sharing with Streaming Engine

Share selected live or recorded video with authorised external responders without providing access to the full Milestone XProtect environment.

  • Supports controlled, incident-led sharing
  • Maintains control over who sees what
  • Avoids exposing unrelated cameras or users
  • Supports safeguarding and serious-incident response
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Three practical school-security workflows

The value is not another screen. It is a faster path from signal to understanding. Each workflow brings the event and its operational context together so staff can make a more informed decision.

Three school-security workflows covering forced or held-open doors, intrusion or panic alarms and controlled serious-incident video sharing

See these workflows in Milestone XProtect

Review how access events, alarm verification and controlled incident video sharing could work across your school or trust estate.

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Designed for education estates of different sizes

  • Single-site schools seeking stronger front-door and after-hours response
  • Secondary schools and colleges requiring controlled incident-video sharing
  • Multi-academy trusts seeking one model with site-level choice
  • Education groups operating mixed alarm, access and video estates
  • Integrators and consultants designing practical XProtect workflows for education customers

Build the right model for your estate

Choose the access-control layer per site, match the alarm integration to the existing panel estate, and standardise controlled outward video sharing through ORBNET Streaming Engine and Milestone XProtect.

ORBNET can review the existing estate, map the required incident workflows and confirm the appropriate combination of integrations for each site.

Deployment can be phased, allowing priority sites or workflows to be connected first while maintaining a consistent longer-term model.

Education Bundle questions, answered

Do schools need to replace their existing access-control systems?

Not necessarily. The bundle is designed around supported integrations, allowing the access-control platform to be selected according to each site's requirements.

Can different schools use different alarm or access platforms?

Yes. The bundle preserves site-level technology choice while creating a more consistent Milestone XProtect operating model across the wider estate.

Can video be shared without giving external users access to XProtect?

Yes. ORBNET Streaming Engine can support controlled workflows that make selected live or recorded video available to authorised recipients without opening the full XProtect system.

Is the Education Bundle a fixed product?

No. It is a configurable solution bundle. The final components depend on the access-control systems, alarm panels, number of sites, video-sharing requirements and operational workflows involved.

Can the bundle be introduced one site at a time?

Yes. A phased deployment can establish the common operating model while individual sites are connected according to priority, readiness and existing technology.

Who would typically use the resulting workflows?

The workflows can support reception, estates, safeguarding, leadership, security and trust-level operational teams. The precise user model depends on each organisation's responsibilities and escalation procedures.

Explore the wider ORBNET education solution

The Education Bundle focuses on access activity, alarm response and controlled incident video sharing. ORBNET can also support wider education requirements including multi-site monitoring, mapping, specialist video integrations and evidence workflows.

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Map your school-security workflow with ORBNET

Tell us which access-control systems, alarm panels and Milestone XProtect environment you currently operate. We will help define the appropriate Education Bundle configuration and demonstrate the resulting incident workflow.