Hi. Welcome to the list all. I try to avoid RDP as much as possible at work, because I don't want to install the screen reader on each and every server - I manage around 60 boxes here at work, and quite a few have sensitive information on, and are mission critical. However, I do have some sight, and can see the magnifier in Windows if I am in an emergency, however, wouldn't want to use it for looking through databases, user accounts etc on a regular basis. I do have WindowEyes installed on a few boxes for RDP use, and it works floorlessly. If I need to do stuff on Windows machines, I usually arrange remote access to the machine using windows file sharing etc, and then I can sometimes gain access to other services such as the user management etc. Active Directory can be managed remotely via the remote administration pack. The other thing is if you need remote access to various machines, it can be possible to deploy a management machine with RDP access, with various access out to other machines. This is currently how I access firewalls etc, and obviously the access software is installed on this. I have not used MOM - Microsoft Operations Manager. Hope this helps. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org on behalf of Vincent van Itallie Sent: Tue 19/02/2008 21:10 To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Rdp from a blindness perspective Hello all, Could someone give me some tips on how to deal with microsoft remote desktop? Do you use it at your job? And how many servers do you administrate? I am asking this because of the following: I am a blind support technisian at one of Hollands bigger universitys, a small company asked me to join there administrator team, to serve there customers. A lot of my new tasks will be to monitor and administrate servers remoteley. Deploying patches creating accounts etc. My question is: Could you tell me something about the way you acomplish your work via remote desktop. Does screenreader supplyers offer competetive license schemes for blinks who need a lot of diffirent servers to access? How did you set up your licensing of your favorite screenreader for remote desktop? Which screenreader do you use for rdp? Do you know how accessible microsoft operations manager is? I hope to hear from you, because I need to make a desission of my career switch soon. All the best from the Netherlands, Vincent van Itallie. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins