Security boss thought MFA would be too much security
The support team investigated and quickly learned the real problem was with the invoicing software, which promised MFA support but relied on buggy software to make it happen. MORE CONTEXT Users claimed they’d never seen a spell checker and panicked at the sight of red squiggles This is your BIOS speaking. On another occasion, the same person claimed Colin's work on M365 caused a power outage!Have you ever been told to make IT worse?
- ▪The support team investigated and quickly learned the real problem was with the invoicing software, which promised MFA support but relied on buggy software to make it happen.
- ▪MORE CONTEXT Users claimed they’d never seen a spell checker and panicked at the sight of red squiggles This is your BIOS speaking.
- ▪On another occasion, the same person claimed Colin's work on M365 caused a power outage!Have you ever been told to make IT worse?
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