OTOH, I couldn’t manage Entra without their AI chatbot. That system is a Lovecraftian stack of sadness built upon despair, of which mortals are not meant to know.

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k0morebi a day ago | parent | next [-]

I have the pro Microsoft copilot subscription at work just so I can search Outlook and teams since the native search doesn't turn up things when I search exact strings that are in the messages or use filters for other things like sender or recipient. Crazy to have to use an llm just to find an email

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thirtygeo 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm so deeply perplexed by how bad Outlook search is

	▲	EvanAnderson 20 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The "Advanced Find" in pre-2016 versions of Outlook was superb. Then it was "de-emphasized" for the crap search that followed.
	▲	NetMageSCW 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Especially when they bought a superb product just for searching Outlook (LookOut), incorporated it into Windows Search and somehow destroyed it in the process.

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ezst 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Did you make the mistake of enabling the "new" (web-based) outlook? At least AFAICT, the "classic" one hasn't regressed much/at all

	▲	k0morebi 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I used legacy relatively happily when I had a windows laptop, but recently switched to a MacBook and it either forced migration or was already the new version (don't remember). The macos outlook is a bit borked too. Beyond the typical level for outlook. Can't create or edit rules anymore that save to server. Need to go into the web version via browser.

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nullwarp a day ago | parent | prev [-]

This really is the honest truth, every interaction I have with the MS platform is somehow worse than an actual dumpster fire. AI is the only thing keeping the ship afloat. Then again maybe that's the point?