• JeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    15 hours ago

    Hey, on the plus side, windows hasn’t asked me to fix a problem with my Microsoft account for almost 48hrs now.

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
    14·
    14 hours ago

    I’m sorry, I just wanted to set up my university’s email on Thunderbird for Android (already working on desktop). Turns out Microsoft knows which app is using IMAP (via user agent?) and needed approval for Thunderbird for Android to access my data, which only the organization admin can grant. There was a form for me to justify my request and I got a little carried away talking about Mozilla being trustworthy and the costly RAM Outlook is wasting. I’m sorry if my rather long infodump resulted in overloading the service for everyone :(

    • Ignotum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      12 hours ago

      Had the same issue, IT responded after a week “no, use outlook”

      So now i just don’t use that email account

      • AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Tbh, I understand the response from the IT. It’s an extra app they have to keep an eye on. Plus, they want to avoid having to deal with unnecessary extra work.Speaking as someone who has to enable and provide support for all sorts of random ass workflows people insist on using…

        • Ignotum@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Why would they need to keep an eye on my email client?

          Also, the only other time i’ve had any interaction with IT was when they got me a new laptop, they spent forever registering it in some management system for windows machines so they would have full control over it, no admin privileges, no installing anything at all without going over to them and asking nicely

          The moment i got my hands on it i wiped it and installed linux, they haven’t had any work related to me except the work they’ve created for themselves

          • AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            Changes in TOS, vulnerabilities, just to name the two biggest. Also, asset management is a must in any mid and large companies. For many reasons. Also a work device isn’t private property. No admin rights should absolutely be the standard.