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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.
I'm saying. Lotsa this OS behaves exactly like malware, with plenty of innovative new ~~infections~~ features planned, to be sure.
Genuine question - why block onedrive if you are licensed for 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 hated that shit at my last job. Constantly trying to save shit locally only to realize I accidentally saved something on the cloud.
I have a hard drive you fucks. I want to point there by default. No I don't want you reading all my shit.
IIRC there is a way to turn off auto sync in OneDrive app (while also making all the synced files offline), but it's somehow not that apparent
I used to have this in my precious work. It drove me nuts, because single sync error could fuck up files and make them disappear like they would be deleted
That was a year ago and i didn't touch Windows since, so correct me if i'm wrong
And break applications that made the weird assumption that a file just saved was accessible where it was saved. My solution (after a wtf moment because it wasn't obvious what was going on) was to try to pull it locally, then use the OneDrive path to pull it.
Except that didn't work either. I guess scripts pulling from the cloud looks like a security issue.
So I just reverted back to the user doing saving and loading manually. Can't have nice things.
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.
Last year they fixed our group policy that repinned internet explorer to your taskbar on every boot.
We use teams, skype is still in our auto launch
I forget that still exists.
Not for much longer
Teams will load, and we don't use it. Even better, other things we do use will break if teams isn't logged into correctly.
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
That narrows it down to 2 of the 2 options
Yep
Then when you have a meeting, you open teams it says you're not licensed for this version and to contact you company administration so you open the other one and can't log in
Think my work PC has 3 different versions of Outlook
I have to use a client-provided laptop from time to time, from a big ass org. Outlook stopped working recently, I called it in, they didn't even attempt a fix, just told me to use a browser instead lmao
Damn, and I thought having one instance of 365 Outlook launch on boot even tho they stopped paying for it was stupid.
They at least don't launch on boot
Nah man, we have all migrated to new teams.
New, or new new?
I prefer classic new teams
New (new) Teams is actually Classic New Teams v2, so what you know as Classic New Teams is properly called Classic New Teams v2 Legacy (new).
I personally only use New Super Teams U Deluxe
newNewFinal
Technically it's "New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New Teams"
It's actually discord, but I don't know the difference.
Is it live or is it Memorex?
When I install both the flatpak and the system's package manager version.
you know the computer thing is it plugged in?
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