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Microsoft's everything is confusing... Last time I had a corporate-y job, everytime someone would send me a spreadsheet it would open on Office365 in a webview

Microsoft's everything is confusing... Last time I had a corporate-y job, everytime someone would send me a spreadsheet it would open on Office365 in a webview within Teams instead of simply opening in the Excel desktop application... Why? No idea. Everything was Windows and MS everything, you'd think it'd be integrated but no. Like, I never had any idea if what was shared with me would open in the browser, Teams, native app, etc... Syncing was horrible. Definitely not a surprise to hear that there's multiple Outlooks confusing people.

hamishf 2y ago
Being able to open a file from Teams in it's native app is actually a feature that's locked behind a particular licensing tier. I believe it used to be available under a Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Premium license, but now you have to upgrade to an Office 365 Enterprise E3 or E5 license to be able to open it in the native application you already paid for. Microsoft's licensing structure is a special kind of nightmare.
- dismalaf 2y ago
  Hahaha of course it is... Thankfully now I'm out of corporate jobs and doing my own thing so I can use the tech I want. Which means no MS anything.
JohnFen 2y ago
> everytime someone would send me a spreadsheet it would open on Office365 in a webview within Teams instead of simply opening in the Excel desktop application. This bites me on a regular basis. It's incredibly annoying.