• SplitTheUSInFour@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The only reason Microsoft exists today is because of Exchange and an old market share on consumer/prosumer OS.

    They’re a glorified email hosting company and an embarrassment to software development. Idc what AI does to their shitty software. Fucking hate Outlook.

    • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
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      56 minutes ago

      Their user management and device management are basically unmatched by any other provider.

      Active Directory is used in close to every company just because of how the sheer amount of features that are useful to businesses.

      It is easier to shift your business away from Adobe than it is to shift away from AD.

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        1 hour ago

        Azure is like the SharePoint of cloud services. The controls are horrible. They keep making breaking changes to how they do crap; the whole thing is unintuitive enough that you really need someone trained to use it.

        I stood it up beside AWS and used them both for what they were cheaper for; I eventually gave in and migrated the last few images I had over there to AWS.

        Azure works, but it’s not good. IMO, the only reason it exists is that they have good Datacenter licensing fees and people using Entre to get away from having to host their own DCs.

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        7 hours ago

        I’ve never understood the appeal with Azure. I was forced to use it for 4 years and hated every second of it. It’s really awful.

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        8 hours ago

        Only because Microsoft offers bundle deals between Azure and O365 for business customers. The point still stands.

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        23 hours ago

        But irrelevant for most users. Azure can stay all it wants but we must be freed from the shackles of Microsoft Office