MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry

Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by code_runner on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:19AM (#35801464)

Microsoft’s stock price over the last 10 years has soared consistently. They have a lot of admins at small/medium companies very very willfully and loyally locked in to their ecosystem.

Microsoft does not care if they piss off most of these people because they not the ones signing the contracts and the lock-in is SO BAD that even if they piss off the right people, making any change is way more trouble than they are willing to deal with.

There is an entire side of the tech industry with admins who only want to learn powershell and still think you can’t “lock down” Linux and mac machines.

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by 0x457 on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @05:55PM (#35808307)

I would replace "learn powershell" with "click buttons in some wizard". I have rarely seen IT person that wants to "learn" something new or automate some process.

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by code_runner on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @07:18PM (#35809154)

I've been fortunate enough work with some people who REALLY wanted to automate and do things "right" but believed so whole heartedly in microsoft they anticipated every powershell release.... But I've seen more of the "click button in some wizard"

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