Know the signs
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This is not the future we were promised. I never would have thought that we would have to be our own security experts to save ourselves from the companies we depend on.
not to be "the guy" ... but there are alternatives, surprisingly simple, if you just give it a try
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Often times it is because of limitations beyond the control of MS. Like, in my company we use MS products because they are the standard. But we have to work with the vendor and IT to selectively disable a group of features and updates. Because we are very secretive and confidentiality is paramount for very good reasons, it has nothing to do with trade secrets, it is about protecting people. Nothing can leave our servers, no telemetry, no AI, no automated cloud backups, no summary, no bots on meetings, no transcriptions, none of the usual crap they are constantly pushing for. Salesmen look at us like we are aliens, but it's either that or we can't do our job well. As a result, we are often left with lobotomized versions of the same apps. But at the same time, it shows how little those feature are actually useful or necessary. And in particular, how they are a prime point of failure and bugs.
Our Teams still fucks up connections from time to time. But it is usually because it forgets it is neutered and tries to do something it isn't supposed to do and our VPNs nuke the connection. Like trying to call MS instead of our servers for telemetry, or trying to spin the module for a feature that doesn't exist in our network. Then it becomes very obvious how buggy and ungraceful the whole app is. It can't fail gracefully, it just craps itself and drags the whole computer with it.
I feel jelous. My company should have the same attitude due to the nature of data it proceses, but is the opposite. I've found some serious vulnerabilities and the only repercusion was me getting silenced.
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not to be "the guy" ... but there are alternatives, surprisingly simple, if you just give it a try
Ha ha ha, I get what you're putting down. It's just another thing I have to deal with and I have no idea on how to start. You guys seem great, I just can't even begin to think about it. I'm procrastinating enough on my paid projects.
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So uh, what's everyone using these days to call internationally to cell phones or company landlines? Because teams looks like they've cut all that functionality for me, unless I'm just not understanding their dumbass interface.
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Actual signs of a stroke for those who want to or should know: the acronym is FAST- face, arm, speech, time to call 911.
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I love the Microsoft ~CEO~ ~Assassin~ Teams
~(For~ ~legal~ ~purposes,~ ~this~ ~is~ ~a~ ~joke)~
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Are you kidding? I would pay extra for these features.
It's bundled with the rest of Office, so you may not even need to pay anything!
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I never knew strokes were so similar to signs of intellectual disability.
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“[…] I love Teams”
- mrgoosmoos, 2025
Cited like a true journalist
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So uh, what's everyone using these days to call internationally to cell phones or company landlines? Because teams looks like they've cut all that functionality for me, unless I'm just not understanding their dumbass interface.
We never had the ability to make outside calls from teams, only teams to teams calls. We went from physical phones on desks to Cisco soft phone since lockdown.
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We never had the ability to make outside calls from teams, only teams to teams calls. We went from physical phones on desks to Cisco soft phone since lockdown.
Got it. So basically micro$hit shut down Skype with nothing to replace it.
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Got it. So basically micro$hit shut down Skype with nothing to replace it.
Yep, but don't worry I'm sure they're busy vibe coding an update to teams to allow outside calls once you sign up for a phone subscription.
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I have a stroke every time I hear that obnoxious BONK and now I have to deal with another one of my boss's enigmatic poorly-worded urgent requests...
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Actual signs of a stroke for those who want to or should know: the acronym is FAST- face, arm, speech, time to call 911.
Or FAST VAN if you want to be a first aid nerd.
V - visual disturbance
A - aphasia
N - neglect (of use of body parts they would otherwise probably be using) -
No, my wife. I ran it by her and got a hearty laugh.
What does she think of Microsoft Teams?
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What does she think of Microsoft Teams?
She has an objectively correct opinion on it.
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Onedrive is a nightmare.
Once made the mistake of keeping some personal photos in the 'pictures' directory of my own laptop.
Then started a course at uni, installed the free student version of MS365 or whatever it's called, including onedrive.
Next thing i know, I get a popup notification displaying the 'best of' my private photos on screen, while I'm showing colleagues something on my laptop!
Personal photos, or personal photos?
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We never had the ability to make outside calls from teams, only teams to teams calls. We went from physical phones on desks to Cisco soft phone since lockdown.
I can call a phone number from Teams?
If you are in a meeting just click "Invite People" and type a phone number - it will call them. We have the "Team for Business". Whatever that means.
They will almost assuredly not answer because its an 800 Number, and requires them to press [n] to join call. But you can do it.
If you don't have a meeting just make one with only you - Which is coincidentally a great way to fill a calendar, and look busy to your coworkers. They ignore Busy status. When I'm in a "meeting", it doesn't even ring when they bother me.
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But I do like MS teams
There is so much to like!
I think my favourite is when you go through the files in a team then click "Copy link". It thinks, thinks, thinks, then when it's done it has a big green tick but doesn't actually copy the link until you click a second copy link button.
But I do quite like how when you find the file you want and switch to a chat then it loses your place. And as far as I can tell, there's no way to bookmark a folder, which is great.
Long story short I love how it tries to do everything instead of being good at one thing!
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