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A windows dialogue saying "Select an app to open this ‘msteams’ link. The suggested apps are Microsoft teams, with a “new” subtext, and MicroSoft Teams, with the word new in its icon.
We have Teams set to automatically launch for every user at login, even though we don’t use it in our organization in any way.
We did the opposite. Teams is prevented from even installing any components by our endpoint security. Same with OneDrive.
The only downside is that Office installs have to be handled manually due to needing to click a couple errors screens. Office updates work fine, just new installs. Small price to pay.
Seeing how you wrote “opposite”, I expected you prevented it even though requiring employees to use it :D
Haha, no there’s enough other stupid things elsewhere in the organization. The various IT teams actually have the budget and decisionmaking power to do what is necessary for the business.
Sometimes though that does mean implementing some sub-optimal solutions too quickly because that’s what they already know, instead of doing research on possible alternatives. A lack of red tape sometimes means a similar outcome as too much red tape.
Wait, you’re using your security platform to control Windows components like they’re malware? If I’m getting that right and not making a mountain out of a molehill, that’s amazing lol
Why not?
They tried to force install a 24/7 screen grabber on every machine that could run it.
Because it makes its own damn file paths as default and tries to put everything in rnr cloud causing people to lose track of files
I don’t handle licensing, so don’t know how that portion is setup exactly… but from the actual use standpoint… we don’t need or want anything to sync with third party cloud services unless absolutely necessary.
We have 5 properties across the state and operate our own redundant file servers and synchronous connections. We don’t need or want cloud backup, it just adds additional complications and failure points. Not to mention opening up yet another possible attack vector.
I had a lady at work the other day that had 3 different versions of Outlook and she opened the 2 of the 3 that just don’t work. An update replaced the desktop shortcut and added a new worse version.
And yet people think Linux (mint) is so hard to use and absolutely no replacement for windows.
Linux: go to app store, click install. Done
Windows: go to app store, click install done.
Literally the same process, only Linux doesn’t randomly update your apps and make them crash. My windows installation at work literally had 3 outlook variants at some point (just like you mentioned) and none of them worked.
I literally never was forced to use the terminal in Linux (well I did but not because I had to) and in windows I have to do shitty things in the register to get back functions (like that terrible decision to hide the “refresh” in the context menu).
I genuinely think MS has gone down the enshittification route and I’m not just preaching to the choir. I have every day (sadly have to use it at work) annoyances with windows and Linux just works…
I’d use the new one
When I install both the flatpak and the system’s package manager version.
