“We are ready” – Large government organization is striking Microsoft teams while it drops Windows forever
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- German state of Schleswig-Holstein wants to remove all Microsoft traces, including Windows
- The transition began in 2023 and should be completed by the end of 2025
- Digitization Minister says: “We’re done with teams”
Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany, has confirmed that it will be called Microsoft office software Tools (including teams, Word, Excel and Outlook) in his public offices in an attempt to reduce his dependence on American technical giants.
The region is now looking Source Alternatives, such as LibreOffice, Open-Xchange and Linux are broadly adopted.
To date, an estimated 30,000 public employees have already turned their backs on Microsoft, with another 30,000 teachers who follow the example.
German State draws the plug on Microsoft Software
The relocation means that Schleswig-Holstein has become the first German state, and one of the first in Europe, to fully gradually gradually gradual Microsoft products in public administration, but it marks a growing trend over the continent, since administrations want to support the local and sovereign options, get digital independence and the dominance of the last year.
The transition began to take almost all government services in the state, started in 2023. A complete switch for civil servants, police and judges is expected by the end of this year.
Possibly one of the biggest switches that have been done, the transition will reach much further than switching Microsoft Office for LibreOffice.
Outlook must be replaced by Open-Xchange, Microsoft teams for an open source German platform, and even the whole operating system -Windows-Zal are eliminated for Linux-based Oss.
In addition to the search for geographical independence, the approach of Schleswig-Holstein can also be seen as a reaction to geopolitical instability, such as President Trump’s return to office and subsequent EU-US voltages.
By betting on Open Source Software (Oss), the German state could avoid expensive licensing costs that are linked to Microsoft’s products (one of the relevant antitrust cases led by the European Commission), which may have saved tens of millions of euros in the long term.
The adjacent Danish cities, such as Copenhagen and Aarhus, are reportedly also Microsoft alternatives, but such a change can come at a costs.
The state risks, for example, run to achieve potential interoperability problems by taking on solutions from different providers, while employees may need complete retraining and support during the transition.
However, the wishes to lower the tires are clear. Speak with AFP (via France24), Minister of Digitization Dirk Schroegter concluded: “We’re done with teams!”
“The geopolitical developments of recent months have strengthened the interest in the path we have taken,” Schroedter added.
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