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Using Yellow Forms / The Oracle database from home
Using a PC
You do not need to connect to your desktop machine on campus to use Yellow Forms from home – you simply open an IE browser window directly on your PC after connecting via the VPN.
Please follow these steps:
- Connect to the VPN using GlobalProtect. If you haven’t got GlobalProtect setup on your PC, please refer to the VPN connection instructions, or .
- Open Internet Explorer
(Yellow Forms won’t work in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or any other browser)
- Visit the ITS Business Applications page
- Follow the link to Login to the database
- Log in using your ÐÔ°®ÊÓƵ username and your database password (this may not be the same as your usual ÐÔ°®ÊÓƵ password)
Using a Mac
- Connect to the VPN using GlobalProtect. If you haven’t got GlobalProtect setup on your PC, please refer to the VPN connection instructions, or .
- Launch the Microsoft Remote Desktop app
- Connect to Remote Desktop
- Launch Internet Explorer on the Remote Desktop
- Visit the ITS Business Applications page
- Follow the link to Login to the database
- Log in using your ÐÔ°®ÊÓƵ username and your database password (this may not be the same as your usual ÐÔ°®ÊÓƵ password)
If you need help setting up your Mac to use Microsoft Remote Desktop, please refer to the VPN connection instructions, or .
Java Security errors
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created on 2020-01-01 by Alexander Butler
last updated on 2021-06-09 by Alexander Butler