Windows Admin Center and Windows Admin Center in the Azure Portal
Accessibility Conformance Report published by Microsoft
Conformance by level
Reported by the vendor. WCAG Level AA is the benchmark referenced by ADA Title II, Section 508 and the European Accessibility Act; Level AAA is optional and often left unevaluated.
Level A — 30 criteria
- Supports
- 18
- Partially supports
- 6
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 6
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AA — 20 criteria
- Supports
- 11
- Partially supports
- 6
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 3
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AAA — 28 criteria
- Supports
- 0
- Partially supports
- 0
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 0
- Not evaluated
- 28
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All reported criteria (78)
| Criterion | Name | Level | Conformance | Remarks from vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | Non-text Content | A | Supports | There is no alternative text for the profile image on the Remote Support tool! |
| 1.2.1 | Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.2 | Captions (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.3 | Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.3.1 | Info and Relationships | A | Partially Supports | For the Azure Hybrid Center tool, the 'Available Services' tab will show a table of all the Azure services that this server has been onboarded to. It will start to read out the entire table so please bear that in mind as the screen reader reads all the columns and rows.For the Events tool, the 'preview' toggle button will not be picked up be a screen reader. However, this will not stop you from completing your task. You can still continue with your normal flow on the old view of the Events tool. If you are using 'preview' mode for the Events tool, then when you click 'Save' or 'Save as', a pop-up will be opened and the screen reader is not reading the 'Save' or 'Cancel' button but please know that these buttons are accessible through the arrow keys.Under the Events tool, if you select the 'Workspace grid', and tab till 'Description' and 'Details', the screen reader will not be able to read the position and it will have to be something to be mindful of as you hit this. In the 'Settings' button under cluster manager view, if you select the 'Storage Spaces and Pools', the screen reader will not announce the name of the section even when the focus is on it. It will be able to read the text boxes and the information icons.In the "Events" tool, the screen reader will not announce the name of dialog "Add a group or account" when a user goes to share permissions on the "Files Share" tab. |
| 1.3.2 | Meaningful Sequence | A | Supports | |
| 1.3.3 | Sensory Characteristics | A | Supports | |
| 1.4.1 | Use of Color | A | Supports | |
| 1.4.2 | Audio Control | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.1.1 | Keyboard | A | Partially Supports | In the Azure Security Center tool, the link is not accessible through a keyboard. In the Azure Extended Network, the Gateway in Azure link is not accessible using a keyboard.Under the "What's New" text, "Learn more" and "Windows Admin Center release history" links are not accessible using keyboard.In the Remote Support tool, Keyboard focus is not moving to the list item present under 'Add filter' combo box while navigating using down arrow. Furthermore, the tooltip of added filter which is present under 'Past sessions' table is not keyboard accessible. There is also the issue of "Manage agents" link not being keyboard accessible while navigating using tab/arrow keys. Also, the "Set up" button is not keyboard accessible while navigating using tab/arrow keys.In the Azure Arc extension, the 'Info' icon is not accessible through keyboard under 'Overview' screen. |
| 2.1.2 | No Keyboard Trap | A | Partially Supports | In the Azure Security Center tool, the keyboard focus is trapped in the table showing under the Alert section.In the ASK tool, the Keyboard focus gets trapped in the tool tip of "Connect to Azure Active Directory" while navigating through tab key under dialogue box. |
| 2.1.4 | Character Key Shortcuts | A | Supports | |
| 2.2.1 | Timing Adjustable | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.2.2 | Pause, Stop, Hide | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.3.1 | Three Flashes or Below Threshold | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.1 | Bypass Blocks | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.2 | Page Titled | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.3 | Focus Order | A | Partially Supports | Under the Settings of cluster manager, if you tab to Storage Spaces and Pools and press Save, the changes you made, the focus will move to the Tabs actions menu and if you use the right arrow key, the focus will move to "Discard Changes" button.In Azure Extended Network, the Keyboard focus is lost after removing the added "New custom on-premises IPv4 addresses list" edit in the dialog. And on the "Add Ipv4 Addresses", on activating add button keyboard focus does not shift to added edit field in the dialog.In the AKS tool, the keyboard focus not landing on first interactive element after invoking upon 'Register Windows Admin Centre with Azure' button.In the Remote Support tool, the keyboard focus is not landing on the triggered control after setting the expiry date in the "Access expires on" calendar. This keyboard focus loss is observed after invoking "Cancel" button present in the "Configure remote support access" blade.In WAC, for the Angular control table, the keyboard focus does not move to the next element from a data table by pressing the tab key. |
| 2.4.4 | Link Purpose (In Context) | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.1 | Pointer Gestures | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.2 | Pointer Cancellation | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.3 | Label in Name | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.4 | Motion Actuation | A | Supports | |
| 3.1.1 | Language of Page | A | Supports | |
| 3.2.1 | On Focus | A | Partially Supports | There's an issue with the Azure Extended Network tool where the focus on the Preview button appears on the link inside the tooltip. |
| 3.2.2 | On Input | A | Supports | |
| 3.3.1 | Error Identification | A | Supports | |
| 3.3.2 | Labels or Instructions | A | Supports | For the Remote Support tool, the visual label is not defined for the combo box present under "Add filter" button. |
| 4.1.1 | Parsing | A | Supports | |
| 4.1.2 | Name, Role, Value | A | Partially Supports | In the Azure Extended Network tool, aria-label and appropriate role are not defined for "Preview button".In the Azure Percept tool, nested interactive controls are not announced by screen readers. The nested interactive control "Assets" is not defined properly it contains dual role as 'button' and 'tab'. Also, 'Aria-expanded' attribute is defined for 'Navigation menu' under 'pesz-hci-vcls.peszhciv.local' screen. In the IMDS tool, an element's IsOffScreen property must be false when its clickable point is on screen. There are some forms that do not have labels. Furthermore, screen reader is not announcing role property for multiple controls present under 'Tools' section while navigated using down arrow key. |
| 1.2.4 | Captions (Live) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.5 | Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 1.3.4 | Orientation | AA | Supports | |
| 1.3.5 | Identify Input Purpose | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.3 | Contrast (Minimum) | AA | Partially Supports | For the Azure Extended Network tool, there is an issue with the contrast between the foreground and the background colors.For Azure Percept, there is a similar issue of the colors between the foreground and the background. |
| 1.4.4 | Resize text | AA | Partially Supports | Right now, our development team is still working through the issues with reflow and 400% zoom. For certain tools, resizing the window to anything above 100% may cause cut-off in text and images such as the left tool navigation bar and the local grids. |
| 1.4.5 | Images of Text | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.10 | Reflow | AA | Partially Supports | In the Virtual Machines tool, if you go to the Inventory tab and select Import from the More drop-down, you will have to navigate 2 scroll bars to see the entire contents if you're on 400%.For the Events tool, the Save or Save as pop-up will have 2 scroll bars if you zoom to 400%.Within the Developer's Guide, if you go to the Wizard tab, zooming to 400% will block users from seeing the entire page. Please use a screen reader for this instead. For the Settings tab within the cluster manager view, if you select the Storage Spaces and Pools tab, the horizontal will disappear if you zoom to 400%.For the Performance Monitor tool, if you zoom to 400%, then the details of the counters in your workspace will start to overlap and there will be 2 scroll bars. For Azure VMs, if you go to the Updates tool, and enable 'Hot Patching Enabled' and zoom to 400%, the pop-up will have 2 scroll bars.For the Azure Hybrid Services tool, the Available Services tab will have 2 scroll bars when you zoom to 400%.For the Remote Support tool, the horizontal scroll bar appears on the page after setting the view port to 320*256 pixels.In the AKS tool, in 320*256 pixels view, the horizontal scroll bar is seen. |
| 1.4.11 | Non-text Contrast | AA | Partially Supports | Under the "File shares (SMB server)" settings, click the "Configure" button and you'll see that the color contrast of the selected row is not up to par. It may be hard for users to see. |
| 1.4.12 | Text Spacing | AA | Partially Supports | For the Azure Hybrid Services tool, within the Available Services tab, the text of "On-Premises servers, meet the cloud" text is getting overlapped and some contents are getting truncated when text spacing is applied. However the screen reader should be able to read this. |
| 1.4.13 | Content on Hover or Focus | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.5 | Multiple Ways | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.6 | Headings and Labels | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.7 | Focus Visible | AA | Supports | |
| 3.1.2 | Language of Parts | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 3.2.3 | Consistent Navigation | AA | Supports | |
| 3.2.4 | Consistent Identification | AA | Supports | |
| 3.3.3 | Error Suggestion | AA | Supports | |
| 3.3.4 | Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) | AA | Supports | |
| 4.1.3 | Status Messages | AA | Partially Supports | In the Virtual Machines tool, under the Inventory tab. If you select Import from the More drop-down, there should be a Browse button present, once you select it, a New folder button should show and if you select it, the screen reader will not be able to announce that it is loading.In the Remote Support tool, screen reader does not announce the status message after invoking the 'Save changes' button by setting invalid expiration time. Screen Reader doesn't announce the message information which appears after activating the "Revoke access" button. Screen reader does not announce the updated information after invoking the "Save changes" button. |
| 1.2.6 | Sign Language (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.7 | Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.8 | Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.9 | Audio-only (Live) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.3.6 | Identify Purpose | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.6 | Contrast (Enhanced) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.7 | Low or No Background Audio | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.8 | Visual Presentation | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.9 | Images of Text (No Exception) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.1.3 | Keyboard (No Exception) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.3 | No Timing | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.4 | Interruptions | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.5 | Re-authenticating | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.6 | Timeouts | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.3.2 | Three Flashes | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.3.3 | Animation from Interactions | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.8 | Location | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.9 | Link Purpose (Link Only) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.10 | Section Headings | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.5 | Target Size | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.6 | Concurrent Input Mechanisms | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.3 | Unusual Words | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.4 | Abbreviations | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.5 | Reading Level | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.6 | Pronunciation | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.2.5 | Change on Request | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.3.5 | Help | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.3.6 | Error Prevention (All) | AAA | Not Evaluated |
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