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'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft
- The northern state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to stop using Microsoft's Teams for collaboration, as stated by Digitalisation Minister Dirk Schroedter during a video call.
- Schleswig-Holstein aims to switch to open-source software to regain control over data storage and ensure digital sovereignty, according to Dirk Schroedter.
- Experts suggest that moving to open-source options can be more economical than licensing Microsoft products.
- The EU's Interoperable Europe Act supports this trend, promoting the adoption of open-source software since its enactment last year.
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German companies are concerned about over-reliance on cloud services from abroad. Current developments in the United States in particular are raising doubts about the reliability of cloud service providers such as Microsoft, Amazon AWS and Google, the German digital industry association Bitkom said on Wednesday. According to a representative study by Bitkom, every second company in Germany that uses cloud computing feels forced to reconsider its…
microsoft exit germany: After Danish cities, Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein state government to ban Microsoft programs at work
Microsoft exit Germany is making headlines as the state of Schleswig-Holstein becomes the first in Europe to completely ditch Microsoft tools like Teams, Word, Excel, and Outlook in public offices. Instead, the state is switching to open-source software like LibreOffice, Linux, and Open-Xchange to gain digital sovereignty and reduce reliance on U.S. tech giants. With 30,000 public workers already moving and 30,000 teachers to follow, the move ai…
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