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azure training through Global Knowledge
by Fayre, Jason 13 May '25

13 May '25

Hello, Through my workplace, I am planning to take the Azure Fundamentals course. The provider we use for virtual and in-person training is Global Knowledge. For this course, they are using a web portal to access a virtual machine for doing a few of the course labs. The VM comes up inside the web page. Obviously this is not accessible. Has anyone experienced any courses like this, and how did you get around it? For this particular course, I don't think the labs are critical, but I expect they will become more so as I take further courses. Jason Fayre Assistive Technology Specialist | Enterprise Endpoint Compute | Employee Technology Services | CIBC 81 Bay Street, 14th Floor Toronto ON, Canada, M5J 0E7 | Tel: (416) 412-2678 | jason.fayre(a)cibc.com<mailto:jason.fayre@cibc.com>

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Keyboard shortcuts in nested RDP sessions
by Lukasz Golonka 01 May '25

01 May '25

Dear all, At work I'll soon have to work in a nested RDP session, meaning that I'll connect to a first RDP server from my laptop and then connect from there via RDP to a second PC, to which the development board I need to access is connected. I have simulated such setup and my main accessibility related worry turned out to be irrelevant, as NVDA's RDAccess works flawlessly in that configuration, with both speech and Braille. I am, however, unable to leave the second session, without leaving the entire RDP. The CTRL++ALT+pause and CTRL+ALT+HOME move me to my main desktop / to the connection bar of the first connection, even when performed in the second session. The tips from the Internet about using CTRL+SHIFG+ALT+HOME don't work;. I have also found some articles about scripting these shortcuts with AutoHotKey, however it seems folks have very limited luck with this approach. How are you handling this situation? Is there a method for switching away from the nested session I overlooked? -- Many thanks Lukasz

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accessibility of Peoplecert ITIL exam
by Fayre, Jason 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

Hi all, I'm currently in a course for ITIL 4 fundamentals. The exam is online. Does anyone know if this exam system is accessible? Please note: for accessibility reasons, please do not send me screenshots. Jason Fayre Assistive Technology Specialist | Enterprise Endpoint Compute | Employee Technology Services | CIBC 81 Bay Street, 14th Floor Toronto ON, Canada, M5J 0E7 | Tel: (416) 412-2678 | jason.fayre(a)cibc.com<mailto:jason.fayre@cibc.com>

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Hosted AI server
by Timothy Spaulding 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Hello All, Can anyone recommend a hosted solution VPS (I would assume) where I can install an OpenSource AI LLM such as Ollama? I don't have anything in my home lab with a GPU to speak of; and I want to play for a bit before I throw a crap load of money at it. Regards, Tim

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