Passkey and Outlook Classics - WHY MICROSOFT?

Posted by skcmlg@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 12 comments

We’ve already rolled out Passkey for some customers, and everything’s been great—no issues at all. Whether it’s with Windows Hello for Business, hardware FIDO2 keys, or the Microsoft Authenticator.

But now, as was bound to happen, we’ve encountered our first customer without Windows Hello for Business who’s using only the Microsoft Authenticator.

When logging into Outlook Classic, only the login window that prompts for hardware tokens appears—it looks completely different. There’s no way to switch to QR code + Bluetooth. Every single Microsoft app and browser can do this; everything works—except Outlook Classic.

Why, Microsoft?

So far, I haven't found a solution (other than WHFB) that works for the client (thanks to the four legacy plugins required in Outlook)

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ConsciousEquipment@reddit

When logging into Outlook Classic

...don't. Really very seriously don't, use Outlook web, that's a website and even Microsoft can't mess that one up that horribly. If the client is old or stubborn fuck and wants that Outlook App, then use Chrome or Edge which is thankfully also Chrome and install Outlook web as PWA. They won't notice a difference except that "Outlook" starts becoming more reliable and predictable, simply because now it's running within a properly made software like Chrome.

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ShoulderRoutine6964@reddit

"won't notice a difference"

LOL.

Can it mount pst files? Can you create the same level of rules?

Or is just a web based email client lacking 90% of outlook classic's capabilities?

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ConsciousEquipment@reddit

Can it mount pst files? Can you create the same level of rules?

wtf are you even doing that for. my god just read your mail and move on jesus

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ShoulderRoutine6964@reddit

Why not use Mutt? It's very stable and fast and you can read your emails with it.

/o\

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