In practice it's quite common to run (and sometimes install) software that isn't whitelisted officially, even if it's outside strict IT rules.
Otherwise have fun editing scripts with Notepad++ because IT never cared to allow VSCode, unzipping using Windows Explorer's feature because your request for 7zip was denied since the feature exists on paper, navigating the web without content blocker, being restricted to Python 3.1 because the responsible doesn't care about updates, not being able to run your own compiled scripts, being unable to run your keyboard macros, having to manage your passwords in a txt file, having only Excel to analyze data…
Otherwise have fun editing scripts with Notepad++ because IT never cared to allow VSCode, unzipping using Windows Explorer's feature because your request for 7zip was denied since the feature exists on paper, navigating the web without content blocker, being restricted to Python 3.1 because the responsible doesn't care about updates, not being able to run your own compiled scripts, being unable to run your keyboard macros, having to manage your passwords in a txt file, having only Excel to analyze data…