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[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's your workplace doing that, not Microsoft

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah seems like a request for a work provided phone would fix it. A guy I used to work with bought a burner flip phone when something like this was required and got the company to provide a work phone. After a month or two he would just openly use his normal phone and no one batted an eye.

[–] NabeGewell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By your logic it was my school that wanted us to learn MS products, not Microsoft. Are you sure about that?

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, otherwise they wouldn't have bothered with Intune...

[–] NabeGewell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get your point, what does Intune have to do with the topic?

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The original comment I replied to was talking about Intune, and having to use Company Portal on mobile devices. What are you on about?

[–] NabeGewell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right, back on track. I'm sure a company wouldn't use, and require their employees use a program unless people in charge are already familiar with said product or there was a deal made for them. I don't know where the guy works but I'm sure that's a safe bet, my point is Microsoft is known to make deals with schools/uni to teach only their products instead of alternatives. It's why their products are so used - why learn something new when what you've been taught does the job