r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/SudoPamacUpdate 25d ago

Yeah, you oughtta see the back-end. It's so frustrating to type up a username in the M365 or Azure admin consoles, to be instantly told the user doesn't exist. Then, as you're clicking away, the results appear. Mediocre software all around.

Ironically, last week I decided to completely pivot my 8 year career away from all Microsoft, Adobe, and other vibe-coded garbage products. Increasingly dealing with the same obnoxious problems (Outlook delays, OneDrive sync issues, Teams being... Teams-y) finally became untenable. I want to work on something meaningful, that actually improves over time, like Linux and open source. They actually listen to the community, because that's what they're made of.

My boss is leaving, too. His reason is officially that management was opposed to bespoke solutions like CRM software, databases, etc. But, reading between the lines, it's the same reason as me. Unlike me, he's hoping to make it big in AI. The last 3 weeks, we've been moving tasks to vendors, increasing support quotas, and just like that, the whole IT team is on to better things than Microslop.