Get ESRI maps in Microstrategy Desktop behind a proxy - proxy

I´m running Microstrategy Desktop v. 10.5.0 on Windows 10 and I´m trying to build a few maps. I´m behind a HTTP proxy in the format
http_proxy=http://<user>:<password>#proxy.mycorp.com:8080
https_proxy=http://<user>:<password>#proxy.mycorp.com:8080
and every time I try to start a map I get the message
Unable to download the ESRI map. No Internet connection. You can configure an Internet proxy through you computer´s Settings.
The internet works for all other programs with the same proxy and the ESRI CDN links also work directly on the browser behind the proxy. If I connect to a network outside my work connection and disable the proxy the maps work. Is there a way to make Microstrategy Desktop work behind a proxy?

Can you please look into the following link, You have to check with your network admins and request them to unblock some websites and ports.
https://community.microstrategy.com/t5/Clients-Interfaces/Sporadic-issues-with-ESRI-maps-in-Desktop-10-with-proxy-setting/td-p/248444
We faced the same issue, and we requested our network admin team to do the following :
For simpicity, you could open below configuration in the firewall:
Ports 443 , 80 and 6080
*.arcgis.com, *.esri.com and *.arcgisonline.com

Starting with MicroStrategy Analytics Enterprise 9.4.1 Hotfix 6 and in MicroStrategy 10.X, users are able to configure MicroStrategy Web to send HTTP request to ESRI via internal proxy servers. The following provides the details
Un-authenticated proxy :
If the proxy server does not require authentication, user can go to Web Administration security page and configure the following settigs
Go to Web Administration --> Security Page.
Check "Enable HTTP proxy server"
Fill out the Server address and Server port
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Authenticated proxy server
It the proxy server requires authentication , User will need to add in the esriconfig.xml file located under plugins\ConnectorForESRIMap\WEB-INF\xml\config (see sample below).
Note: Restart the web server after this change
<ec> <apps clientToken="true"> <key><![CDATA[------]]></key></apps></ec>

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