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Improving our dedicated Service Status site

2 minute read time · Updated February 11, 2025 · First published October 8, 2015

We know that keeping our customers informed and updated with timely information which may affect their service is paramount.

That’s why we have a separate, dedicated Service Status site providing an instant overview of the current status of the global MIDAS network at any given time, as well as details of any upcoming scheduled maintenance.

You’ll find our dedicated service status site at midas.network – and it’s worth bookmarking if you’re a “cloud hosted” customer.

Our Service Status site is continually updated – both automatically by our own internal monitoring systems, and manually by our staff.

Today we’re launching a couple of improvements to our Service Status site, where you’ll now find new status information on the performance of our Priority Support service and Live Sales Chat.

Current MIDAS Service Status — Dedicated MIDAS Service Status website

Our dedicated Service Status site now provides information on the current status of the following services:

Main Site – Indicates the current status of our main website, https://mid.as
Client Servers – Indicates the current status of the servers for our “cloud hosted” customers
Client Backup Servers – Indicates the current status of the backup servers for our “cloud hosted” customers with the optional Emergency Access Addon
Mail Servers – Indicates the current status of our email servers
Priority Support – Monitors the current responsiveness of our Priority Support service for customers with ongoing Annual Support Subscriptions
Live Sales Chat – Monitors the current status and responsiveness of the Live Sales Chat feature on our main website.

The Traffic Light System

We use a simple “traffic light” system on our Service Status site to make it easy to see at a glance the current status of our various services.

Green A green light indicates a service is performing normally and there are presently no issues.
Amber An amber light indicates that a service is currently working, but isn’t performing optimally.
Red A red light indicates a service is currently experiencing a temporary fault/outage.

We post Service Status updates on Twitter too!

MIDAS on Twitter In addition to our dedicated Service Status site, we also post service status updates and upcoming scheduled maintenance notifications on our Twitter feed.
You’ll find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mid_as

Tags: service status

MIDAS v4.10 Now Available!

3 minute read time · Updated January 19, 2023 · First published September 26, 2015

We’re excited to tell you about our latest update to MIDAS – version v4.10 – which is now available and which boasts a number of new and improved features…

Two-Factor Authentication
Add an extra layer of security to your MIDAS system Read More…

Alternative Clients For Invoicing
Separate clients can be specified for booking and invoicing Read More…

Quickly Search & Filter Resources
Find the resources you want quickly by filtering the list of resources Read More…

Here are the Key Features and Improvements in v4.10:

New: Optional Two-Factor Authentication – Add an extra layer of security to your MIDAS system!
New: Set different clients to use for booking and invoicing
New: Support for STARTTLS authentication method for SMTP email sending
New: %USER% variable in a custom booking field’s default value is substituted for the current user’s name when booking
Improved: When adding resources to bookings, the resource list can now be quickly searched and filtered
Improved: Control whether Booking Type Discounts are applied to venues, resources, or both
Improved: Access to Invoices can be restricted to only allow users access to invoices they’ve generated/created/added
Improved: Invoice numbers can now be shown on booking blocks/tooltips and in the Monthly Overview
Improved: Emergency Evacuation Printouts now include client names, mobile/cell contacts, and staffing levels/locations
Improved: Booking Type Discounts can be negative to increase the cost of certain types
Improved: Performance when initially loading/logging in and during actions which send email
Improved: Text area custom booking fields can now accept up to 64K characters (previously limited to 300)
Improved: “BCC to me” email setting now remembers last setting (previously always defaulted to on)
Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.09

How To Get MIDAS v4.10

New customers can purchase v4.10 directly through our secure website at https://mid.as/pricing

Existing “Self-Hosted” Customers:

Existing customers running “self-hosted” editions and with a valid Annual Support Subscription may update to v4.10 from within the software right now by going to via MIDAS Admin Options → Manage MIDAS → Update.

Existing “Cloud-Hosted” Customers:

Our existing customers with active cloud-hosted editions of MIDAS don’t need to do anything – you’ve already been automatically updated to v4.10!

We hope you enjoy the new & improved features of MIDAS v4.10! …and remember you can also cast your vote on some of the other features we’re currently considering for future updates over on our Feature Request page.

Tags: v4.10

Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge Now Available

1 minute read time · Updated January 21, 2023 · First published July 29, 2015

Today, Microsoft have launched their latest operating system, Windows 10, and with it a brand new web browser called “Edge“. Edge is designed to be the successor to their long running Internet Explorer web browser.

If you’ve been following our blog, then you’ll already know a bit about Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge…

Windows 10 is a FREE update for all current users of Windows 7, 8, or 8.1. It is being slowly rolling out in the coming weeks. But if you can’t wait that long Microsoft have provided tools to download Windows 10 now)

Our world-class web based room booking and resource scheduling software, MIDAS, is already fully compatible. So if you’re considering making the jump to Windows 10 but are worried about compatibility issues with your existing apps and software, rest assured MIDAS will work on Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge!

MIDAS Room Booking System in Microsoft Edge — MIDAS running in Microsoft’s new Edge web browser

Tags: discount, microsoft, Microsoft Edge, Windows 10

New Addon: Slack Integration

1 minute read time · Updated February 11, 2025 · First published July 2, 2015

Slack is a versatile and increasingly popular team messaging platform, offering real-time communication and collaboration with your colleagues via the web as well as mobile platforms.

Slack already integrates with a vast range of tools and services you use every day to keep all your communication in one central place, but we are pleased to announce that our web based room booking and resource scheduling software, MIDAS is the very first room booking system to offer integration with Slack though our new optional addon!

Available for MIDAS v4.09+, our Slack addon allows “Watch” notifications from your MIDAS system to be posted in real-time to your team’s Slack feed..

For example, you could setup Watch notifications to automatically post to your Slack stream whenever new bookings are added, or when certain bookings are cancelled, or whenever refreshments are added to bookings, or when you’re running low on consumables!

For more information on Slack, please visit their site at slack.com
For more information on Watch notifications in MIDAS, please visit the Watches section of our help documentation.
…and for more information on our exciting new Slack addon, please visit mid.as/slack

Tags: addons, integration, slack